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Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by filister to c/technology

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[–] abhibeckert -1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That knowledge is mostly trivial. 7/10 repairs a regular Joe could do. Or worse comes to worse you can take it to a mechanic of your choosing.

That's not true anymore. Modern cars have really complex problems that even mechanics struggle to fix. Especially when it's a software problem... usually those problems just never get fixed.

As a software developer (not an automotive one) my take is the fix is to have everyone be running the same software, so that fifty thousand dollars diagnosing and fixing a problem for one car will result in it being fixed for all cars. Spread the cost out like that and it's affordable. Otherwise it just won't get fixed at all.

Should we go back to basic cars? I think so yes... but then I ride a motorcycle that doesn't even have water cooling or a battery. But most people aren't like me. They want lane keeping cruise control/etc.

[–] chakan2 1 points 7 months ago

"When it's a software problem..."

Correct...now we are back to talking about vendor lock in and very specialized techs to install the updates.