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Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership (www.engadget.com)
submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The businesses are launching a joint venture to develop platforms for “software-defined vehicles.”

Big oof.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

that sounds just awful

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago

Enshittification on another whole level

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

So I just need to run an Ansible playbook and my sedan turns into a pickup truck?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Yay, subscriptions for everything! Car as a service! What's not to like?? 🤮

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Isn't this more or less what Tesla did?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I don't know if they were the first, but they're one of the most notorious offenders.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

VW has been doing it for years anyway.

Multiple features of their infotainment are there but softlocked out, the engines on the more powerful trim levels aren't different or tuned, it's just a different ecu map, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I have observed that myself with the infotainment system of my 2017 Golf Alltrack, but when did they start software derating their engines? My understanding is that there's nothing much to be gained from an aftermarket ECU tune unless I switch to premium gas and the more powerful Golf models have other real differences like bigger turbochargers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

With the entire vehicle constructed from IoT components

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"You wouldn't download a car."

Sounds like it's time to turn my phone into a car already.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't give Apple any ideas

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They just disbanded that project.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit you weren't joking!

Given Apple's track record for allowing people to repair their devices this would have been a nightmare product

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, repairing any modern car is kind of a nightmare.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Especially electric ones.

"What's that you have code for the battery?you need a full new one, we don't replace bad cells."