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VW recalls nearly 21,000 ID.4s over faulty battery software
- Haga 4y ago[dead]
- pugworthy 4y agoI’ve been shopping for a new EV lately and it’s such a change that I’m evaluating the software stability and updating process as much as the base car functionality. It’s kind of odd going to a dealership and saying, “I just want to mess with the UI for a while. Maybe test drive later.”
- jeffrallen 4y agoIf you want stable software in your electric car, get a Renault. Simple, no upgrades (thus no barely tested code in your car) and rock solid battery management and powertrain operation. OTA seems to make carmakers lazy and get the YOLO DevOps sickness.
- WorldMaker 4y agoIt has generated some controversy, but one of the Ars Technica car editors has been saying for a bit now that every car is starting to be a "computer on wheels" and EVs are especially a "computer on wheels". With an EV even things like "driving feel" are less the domain of mechanical engineering and more the domain of firmware-described software curves. Software stability and update processes matter a whole lot more for EVs (especially if that sort of firmware that defines acceleration modes/curves or in this case battery management is itself updatable). The software starts to matter a great deal more than just how it mechanically drives in a test drive.
- steponlego 4y agoImagine buying a VW EV “for the planet.” I’d bet good money it somehow manages to burn bunker oil while you’re not looking.