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Apple could. Gucci could. Heck I've even seen GM put their logo on the Nissan Van. Also "simply not True" is you being incorrect. OTA always existed, it's ju
by woahAcademia 6y ago
Apple could.
Gucci could.
Heck I've even seen GM put their logo on the Nissan Van.
Also "simply not True" is you being incorrect. OTA always existed, it's just EXTREMELY expensive to send OTA. Tesla only has a few vehicles so it's cheap compared to Ford. And they take today's Stockholders money to pay for those updates.
Source- I did automotive telematics.
- traverseda 6y agoWhy are OTA updates so expensive? The price isn't prohibitive in other fields. I don't see how adding more cars would make that process more expensive, as if anything I'd expect a lot of the cost to come from QA and with more cars that cost gets spread out better.
- salawat 6y agoI'd hazard life critical systems requiring a greater degree of assurance that the software update actually arrived at it's destination. Maintaining connectivity to a great number of network end nodes is not a trivial endeavor, even before you get into them being able to move around. But who am I kidding. Someone probably just pays pays for a SIM to embed in an ECU with remote wake-up to phone home and grab an update, and the cost comes from all the telco networks that need to be contracted with to forward the traffic back home.
- verall 6y agoYou also have to factor in that there's a chance of OTA failure, and the failure probably requires a mechanic visit at the manufacturer's expense.
- woahAcademia 6y agoYou need to guarantee it happens. So you can't just use Wifi, you need to send it through the cellular provider. Also it only gets expensive if you are doing it to millions of cars, Tesla doesn't have millions of cars. And also Tesla is using investor Money.