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AlotOfReading • yesterday at 11:52 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

    Rather than hamstring all software by requiring DOT testing before firmware updates are published...
I don't know how the rules work in the UK or Ireland where the author is, but the US has no such mandatory testing. Also, all manufacturers have telemetry these days and the ones I'm familiar with all do gradual rollouts (to varying levels of competence). You basically can't do immediate rollout given the scales involved.

Please don't take this as suggesting any of them are good at software, mind you.

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tonymet • today at 12:13 AM

You're right the facilities may be there for telemetry & feedback, but none of the Tesla competitors are structured to manage that telemetry and feedback. Often the brands are repackaging software from vendors (e.g. Bosch) that are terrible at fixing things.

Let's face it, this really is about Tesla, vs the rest of the major players (ford, kia, VW etc)

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