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The Polstar software is written in Rust?

faitswulff 4y ago
There's no mention of the Rust language on the site or their careers page, at least with queries like `rust site:www.polestar.com/us/` or `rust site:about.polestar.com/careers/jobs/`.
- namdnay 4y ago
  Keep in mind that 90% of the engineering done in a car comes from a supplier or the supplier of supplier
aeonik 4y ago
I'm not the OP, and I don't know about Polestar specifically, but I've worked with many other vehicle systems, and they are incredibly complex. Each ECU in a car is running it's own firmware, and the larger ones can be running their own OS. There's usually a mix of Assembly, Simulink, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Shell scripts, Python, etc... I've seen the OS be various flavors of embedded Linux, QNX, or even Ubuntu. You can usually find a bit of everything even in a single vehicle. The code is integrated by an OEM and can come from dozens of potential suppliers.
- alfiedotwtf 4y ago
  This comment makes me want to use a bicycle from now on.
  - ytjohn 4y ago
    I've seen rust used in a lot of bicycles. More seriously, most ebike firmware is written in C.
  - smolder 4y ago
    Just use a 90s EFI vehicle with a full modern aftermarket ECU system from Haltec or Motec or whomever, and you can have a better car than was ever sold OEM.
  - usrusr 4y ago
    My bikes run c++ (both arduino and segger-flavored) and a funny language called monkey-C in the subset of the code I know. And presumably mostly c++ in the parts that I don't know (much larger parts). Some people I ride with also have java in the mix and it doesn't seem to bother them at all.
- _the_inflator 4y ago
  I side with you. Basically "Volvo is using Rust..." translates to: "Volvo is adding Rust to its stack of complexity".
huhtenberg 4y ago
Don't know for sure, but their share the "platform" with Volvo. That's off the point though. The choice of language matters, but it matters less than the development process and the professionalism of people involved.
- the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
  From what I can tell from test driving a Volvo CX90 and a Polestar these cars don’t have much in common in terms of software.

There's no mention of the Rust language on the site or their careers page, at least with queries like `rust site:www.polestar.com/us/` or `rust site:about.polestar.com/careers/jobs/`.

namdnay 4y ago
Keep in mind that 90% of the engineering done in a car comes from a supplier or the supplier of supplier

aeonik 4y ago

I'm not the OP, and I don't know about Polestar specifically, but I've worked with many other vehicle systems, and they are incredibly complex. Each ECU in a car is running it's own firmware, and the larger ones can be running their own OS. There's usually a mix of Assembly, Simulink, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Shell scripts, Python, etc... I've seen the OS be various flavors of embedded Linux, QNX, or even Ubuntu. You can usually find a bit of everything even in a single vehicle. The code is integrated by an OEM and can come from dozens of potential suppliers.

alfiedotwtf 4y ago
This comment makes me want to use a bicycle from now on.
- ytjohn 4y ago
  I've seen rust used in a lot of bicycles. More seriously, most ebike firmware is written in C.
- smolder 4y ago
  Just use a 90s EFI vehicle with a full modern aftermarket ECU system from Haltec or Motec or whomever, and you can have a better car than was ever sold OEM.
- usrusr 4y ago
  My bikes run c++ (both arduino and segger-flavored) and a funny language called monkey-C in the subset of the code I know. And presumably mostly c++ in the parts that I don't know (much larger parts). Some people I ride with also have java in the mix and it doesn't seem to bother them at all.
_the_inflator 4y ago
I side with you. Basically "Volvo is using Rust..." translates to: "Volvo is adding Rust to its stack of complexity".

huhtenberg 4y ago

Don't know for sure, but their share the "platform" with Volvo. That's off the point though. The choice of language matters, but it matters less than the development process and the professionalism of people involved.

the_mitsuhiko 4y ago
From what I can tell from test driving a Volvo CX90 and a Polestar these cars don’t have much in common in terms of software.