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In next five years could we see cars updating their system software over WiFI?
by est 15y ago
In next five years could we see cars updating their system software over WiFI?
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- zalew 15y agoford syncs it's gadgets on assembly lines http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20014787-94.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-20014787-94.html and no doubt that somewhere in the future that will be the way to upgrade ECU firmware. taking the design-production cycle into account, such systems should already be in advanced stages of progress to go into production in 5 years, so I doubt that.
- roel_v 15y agoBMW already does this (others too I guess, I don't know), although not over WiFi, but over a GPRS connection. You pay a yearly fee for data costs, it also transmits data on car health back to your dealer so that they know when to call you to make an appointment for maintenance.
- topbanana 15y agoI recently had a problem with the turbocharger unit in my car. The local techs couldn't figure it out so they just patched in a remote engineer in Germany. I was impressed.