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Compared to BMW, they’re light years ahead. There’s been 12 updates to Teslas in the last month OTA, BMW did one in 2022 and any car with iDrive 7 (their first
by akmarinov 4y ago
Compared to BMW, they’re light years ahead.
There’s been 12 updates to Teslas in the last month OTA, BMW did one in 2022 and any car with iDrive 7 (their first to support OTA updates) had to be taken in to the dealer to do the update.
Also looking at the apps, sending a command through Tesla’s app is instant, meanwhile BMW’s app makes you look at a spinner for 2 minutes.
I’m sure Tesla’s likely cutting corners somewhere to get that kind of performance, but as an end user it’s a great experience.
- badpun 4y ago> There’s been 12 updates to Teslas in the last month OTA That's not something I would ever want for my car. I don't want my vehicle to be at the end of someone's CI/CD pipeline. I would much prefer say a quarterly cadence of rigorously tested, solid new releases. But, that's more expensive and harder to do, so hardly anyone's doing that anymore for non-critical software.
- nikau 4y agoCounterpoint - I just want android auto.
- akmarinov 4y agoYou’re thinking only about infotainment updates, where for example recently Tesla pushed out an update that increased charging rates, allowing you to charge up quicker.
- nikau 4y agoI couldn't care less about a minor charging rate increase that is so minimal that they don't even give any details about how much its increased. I'd rather a manufacturer that actually tests and releases fully engineered products rather than winging it with constant OTA upgrades. Tesla track record of OTA for faulty ABS calibration leading to terrible braking distances and a kludge to try and avoid a recall for faults in their HVAC implementation doesn't sell it as a benefit.
- akmarinov 4y agoThey did indicate the charging rate, it’s now up to 180 on model S/X