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Back in the 1980s I was in the room with a customer who I had written an inspection system for, using a hand-held computer. After downloading the data from the
by mikewarot 3y ago
Back in the 1980s I was in the room with a customer who I had written an inspection system for, using a hand-held computer. After downloading the data from the handheld, it would upload a new inspection route.
While demoing the transfer, He asked "What happens if I disconnect this right now?".... I didn't know, and said so.
I week later it was bulletproof... you could unplug it any time you wanted, and never lose data.
That was the days of MS-DOS.
So, here we are, 30+ years later, and computers are nowhere near as constrained as they were back then.
I don't understand how Ford could even allow a screen like that to exist. It's a big red flag saying "Never buy a Ford again, they're unreliable"
- 7thaccount 3y agoAs someone who has been considering an EV, I'm noping out pretty hard right now and thinking about buying an old and reliable Honda Accord. A few more of these posts and I'll be driving a Volkswagen bug with a garage full of spare parts ;)
- neon_electro 3y agoThere are EVs without this problem.
- solarkraft 3y agoWhich?
- olyjohn 3y agoIt's not an EV thing. All this same tech is moving into ICE cars too. I know someone with a Genesis GV80 that just randomly threw itself into limp mode and wouldnt go over 20mph. Genesis support gave him the magic button combination to reboot the onboard computers and the car was totally fine. This car has all the same tech as any EV. It gets updates. Has all the sensors, screens, safety tech, advanced cruise (he says it drives itself)... Hell even my mom's Subaru Outback has all this same tech, an onboard modem, updates, etc.