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Re:Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the wee... by stavros on Monday October 13, 2025 @05:14PM (#45573402)
My BYD wants the battery over some percentage, the vehicle in park, and the hood closed. The hood one was surprising, I wonder if it's for the safety of the car or of anyone working on it.
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Re:Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the wee... by raisedbyninjas on Monday October 13, 2025 @08:06PM (#45574735)
Probably a safeguard to keep sonebody from unplugging something during the update.
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Re:Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the wee... by jcgrillo on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @06:47AM (#45578435)
If a power failure during the upgrade causes some unrecoverable problem that is a serious design failure. The answer isn't "make power failures less likely" instead it's "make the update process robust to power failure". This kind of disconnected hubris--thinking you can just wish reality away--seems unique to software. Why are they allowed to get away with it?
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Re:Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the wee... by reaperducer on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @02:04PM (#45582962)
Probably a safeguard to keep sonebody from unplugging something during the update.

I can't speak about other cars, but my EV has nothing you can unplug. It's not like a regular car where stuff is exposed.

All it has under the hood is a storage space for charging adapters, a first aid kit, and a cap for the windshield washer fluid.

Even accessing the regular 12V battery takes a bunch of time and tools. The manual states several times that it should never ever be used to jump start another car, though it doesn't explain why.

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