netsharc 7 hours ago

The cars needs a partition for the running OS, and a second as backup, and "reboot to recovery partition" to fall back to in case the update breaks.

Hah, curious to think that cars now have bootloaders...

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  • antiloper 7 hours ago

    Cars probably have multiple bootloaders even. Surely there are at least two, one for the ECU and one for the infotainment system. Perhaps there are even more depending on how complex components like parking cameras etc. are.

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  • stuff4ben 6 hours ago

    I suppose some version of CTRL-ALT-DELETE is needed to reset the car's OS.

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marssaxman 7 hours ago

The first layer of failure was the decision to make the car computer-controlled.

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  • dotancohen 7 hours ago

    That came after the decisions to reduce both costs and tailpipe emissions - both obvious worthy goals. Is the implementation that is flawed, not the idea.

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  • sleepybrett 6 hours ago

    Why would cars be the only thing we wouldn't manage with computers?

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    • marssaxman 6 hours ago

      We could, but we shouldn't, because most software is crap. When the user is stuck with whatever software they got as a consequence of buying the machine they actually wanted, there's no incentive for the software not to be crap.

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    • PKop 5 hours ago

      To avoid power and engine failure on the highway after a bad software update.

      Because they work fine without them.

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      • sib 5 hours ago

        I think if you compare a modern car with an ECU to a "traditional" car with manual ignition / carburetion system you will find that the modern one outperforms significantly on both power and fuel efficiency.

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