[HN Gopher] In 2019, Volkswagen decided to create a car OS-how's...
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In 2019, Volkswagen decided to create a car OS-how's that going?
Author : laktak
Score : 22 points
Date : 2023-04-07 07:18 UTC (15 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
| chadlavi wrote:
| Cars already have an operating system. It's a dash with dials you
| can look at to get info, a wheel you can use to steer, a set of
| pedals to control motion, a set of switches and buttons to
| control lights and such, and a center console with physical
| buttons that control extras like radio and heat/cooling. Not
| everything needs to be a computer!
| RamblingCTO wrote:
| Cars already are quite heavy computers and have been for ages.
| It's not like a new development. They have control units,
| component control units, the radio, bla bla bla. Lot's of
| integrated stuff.
| chadlavi wrote:
| Of course. But driving a car doesn't need a user-facing OS.
| It shouldn't feel like using a computer to drive a car. Am I
| misunderstanding the car operating system they were working
| on? I thought it was to facilitate UI on touchscreen controls
| not just low-level systems.
| browningstreet wrote:
| I wanted a VW EV, but the years-long laments by reviewers about
| how slow and unresponsive their screen software was kept me from
| buying one. I've owned a half-dozen new VW/Audi products over the
| years. Whatever they're doing with software still, the brands
| have almost no appeal to me any longer.
|
| Somehow Ford revamped Sync faster than VW has optimized their
| software.
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