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Re:Ford, Not Tesla, Is Making the Electric Truck That Will C... by voisin on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:32AM (#27262491)
Am I correct in thinking that no other car company is doing meaningful updates regardless of the technology stack they’ve implemented? I have a Ram 1500 with a giant screen and lots of bugs in its software, but have yet (2+ years) to see any updates. I have a family member with a 3 year old Mercedes and it still apparently costs $500 to have the dealer update the GPS mapping (bizarrely competing with the free and far superior Google Maps or Apple Maps via Android Auto or CarPlay…)

I think Tesla implementing major advances like intermittent wipers via OTA update is amazing and related to their culture. I don’t expected to see Ford or others follow suit. The only company that could possibly take this on IMO is VW because they’ve embraced EV beyond any other competitor with ground up new designs.

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Re:Ford, Not Tesla, Is Making the Electric Truck That Will C... by crooked-v on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:43AM (#27262534)
That kind of thing is why I'm treating Android Auto/Apple CarPlay as a required feature for any future car I get, and treating the car's own infotainment system as merely a substrate for that functionality.
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Re:Ford, Not Tesla, Is Making the Electric Truck That Will C... by swiley on Monday May 24, 2021 @06:28AM (#27262786)
Android sounds great, devices using it absolutely get lots of updates long into the future.

Oh wait.

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Re:Ford, Not Tesla, Is Making the Electric Truck That Will C... by Reason077 on Monday May 24, 2021 @06:43AM (#27262866)
The point with Android Auto (and CarPlay) is that it keeps working with future devices. Your current phone might stop getting updates, but your new one will work with your car too.

The interface is actually running on your phone, but using your car's display as an external display and touch input device.

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