Re:Porsche boss faces software woes keeping VW a step behind...
by TMWNN on Sunday September 04, 2022 @03:53AM
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>Teslas give you more of an Apple treatment. You will receive meaningful updates for years.
What is the cutoff for Tesla cars receiving software updates? Are the early models no longer supported?
Re:Porsche boss faces software woes keeping VW a step behind...
by busk07 on Sunday September 04, 2022 @04:32AM
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At the moment even the earliest 2012/2013 Model S still receive updates. Those updates don’t contain all the fanciest features anymore, because they’re limited by the specs of the system (1), but you still get map updates, small improvements and gimmicks. The last update for the old cars introduced Tidal as a music streaming service (2), for example.
(1) Cars that old come with what’s called MCU0 or MCU1. They’re both running on a Nvidia Tegra chip. MCU2 uses Intel Atom and MCU3 uses AMD Ryzen. For 1500 euro you can update on any car from MCU0 and MCU1 to MCU2. Even the old 2012 models.
(2) Tidal was already available for newer cars with MCU2 since end of ‘21.
Most cars have shitty, laggy IVI that will get no meaningful updates. You are on many cases almost forced to use Apple/Android Car.
Teslas give you more of an Apple treatment. You will receive meaningful updates for years. It is mostly fluid and good looking. It is exciting for the people looking for the latest gimmick, the same way people look forward to iOS 15 or whatever.