Here is the Hard Truth about #automotive software.
If it…
Looks like this; and
Has apps like this; and
Has pop-up notifications like this; and
Has widgets like this; and
Has distracting color palettes like this; and
Has small font sizes like this; and
Entertains people like this…
it is unsafe.
Full stop.
I could care less what consumers want. Consumers cannot appreciate systems safety. Regulators and systems safety experts should be making the calls.
Next time someone preaches for something they claim is ✨ #agile ✨ and begins with the usual speech about "planning to build a car but beginning with a skateboard", ask them if this is an accepted methodology in the automotive industry.
@alda
No #automotive does it differently (at least for the Software n the cars) : They create insane models about the communications of the Controller Units and the Signals they exchange - no human being was ever meant understand them - in parallel they start development of the software for each Controller Unit and when they bring everything together they figure it doesnt for on the hardware.
Ok. So recently, #Tesla had published an "Impact Report" which contained a slide presenting some "data" that their #Autopilot and #FSDBeta products "enhance safety".
And one article and one Twitter thread caught my eye in scrutinizing these numbers.
While the analyses and arguments in this article and thread are not necessarily wrong, there are more fundamental issues here that need to be surfaced in my view... so let's take a look.
I had to replace the wheel/brake cylinder on my 2002 Dodge Dakota, so I recorded the whole thing and made a video about it. This is the long form version of the video.
The main reason the hydrogen hype is in overdrive: Big Oil n Gas wants to make money converting fossil gas into hydrogen.
"Before looking at why legacy #automotive companies, resource tycoons and the politicians that represent them, have been such huge advocates for hydrogen-powered vehicles, it’s important to firstly outline why #hydrogen cars are so fundamentally flawed and will never come close to competing with #battery electric vehicles."
A little-known multi-agency drug war group runs thousands of #facialrecognition scans and other #surveillance operations. We found over 37,000 requests for support, connecting at least 233 #lawenforcement organizations in #Minnesota and beyond.
NEW today:
To our surprise Minnesota authorities used a little known car-spying technology called #Berla 33 times since August 2021. Berla collects GPS and other revealing info like when doors were opened and closed, and connections to cell phones. #automotive#carhacking