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Sven Asai
A car isn’t meant to be a computer. If you want a faulty computer, then buy one and not a car. And if you want a working car, then buy that , without a computer or anything that isn’t really a part of a car.
Software never is faulty. It exactly works every program step or module sequentially or parallel, as it has been instructed to do. Faulty are only the people producing such software and the ones using it.nonu6976
total clickbait headline - the 'recall' is simply an update over wifi, just like you update your PC with patches.
Richard Gallagher
Tesla. Elon Edsel Musk, is the upgraded version of John DeLorean - minus the skillset of an actual automotive executive. His oft faulty auto-automobile will be sent to the trash-heap by the large manufacturers - Volkswagen - Mercedes - GM -Toyota - Honda and others. All which have actual infrastructure and facilities. Service centers. Self-financing loans for purchase. And loads of cash & access. They do not have to play cheap mind games in line with a faulty & bogus pseudo-philosophy with a libertarian bent. Musk, another pinhead ego exploiting a labor force and selling over-priced goods.
Albert DeFilippo
And people wonder why I prefer the good ole gasoline car that doesn't talk to me nor decide what the vehicle is to do next.
Desert Tortoise
Am I the only person who is appalled by the idea of any entity accessing my car's software remotely, possibly even without my knowledege?
snowymountainhell
You make a good point @nonu6976 8:21am which leads to more questions about current media:
Cambridge’s “recall” is more authoritative, defined as:
Oxford’s definition appears more diplomatic, requesting compliance:
Regardless of the nuances, there’s NO recall to the factory and its just a free, voluntary “update” to the software?
So, why did AFP editors choose that word for the headline? Is the alleged derision directed at Tesla, or Chinese buyers, … or both?
Roblib
So puts or calls on Monday?? Lol
Desert Tortoise
My two cars are pre-OBD and analog. Both have the Millennia Anti Theft Device, aka a 5 speed manual transmission. Nobody can access anything on my car without my express permission. I have software on a laptop that allows me to do diagnostic troubleshooting on the ignition and fuel injection of one car but that is about as far as the electronics go, and it is all I ever need. On the older of the two I have to use blink codes to determine if there are any diagnostic trouble codes going on.
Desert Tortoise
The Chinese want the nav system upgraded so the car will shut off it a driver tries to enter any Chinese government compound.
snowymountainhell
Also, agree with @DesertTortoise 7:59am.
It does appear somewhat ominous and possibly dubious, considering the current state of affairs with that country’s present policies governing many aspects of the lives of many of their people.