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Slightly off topic, but are the software updates optional or mandatory in Tesla cars? As I do with phones, I hold off on updates until I know it's stable and ha
by rajathagasthya 10y ago
Slightly off topic, but are the software updates optional or mandatory in Tesla cars? As I do with phones, I hold off on updates until I know it's stable and has no major bugs. Serious bugs in a car software could be fatal.
- ArkyBeagle 10y agoI can't even begin to imagine how that would be done in this case. While the downside of Bad Things in a Tesla car is not nearly as spectacular as in a late-1950s experimental aircraft, it seems all owners are in effect test pilots. What I'd like to see is an emphasis on stupefyingly comprehensive test vectors.
- gizmonty 10y agoOptional but actually semi-mandatory. You have to manually accept the software update to install it, but there was recently a case reported of someone who was refusing to do this and stay on an old firmware. Over time, Tesla gradually deactivated things like navigation and entertainment systems (if I recall correctly), claiming that they had upgraded their APIs and they were no longer compatible with the owner's firmware. In reality I suspect they are just punishing the owner to coerce them into upgrading their firmware.