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jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

www.engadget.com

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Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

www.engadget.com

jeffw@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Volkswagen is investing up to $5 billion in Rivian as the two brands jointly develop new architecture for operating electric vehicles.
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    “You wouldn’t download a car.”

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

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      Don’t give Apple any ideas

      • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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        They just disbanded that project.

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          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

          • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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            To be fair, repairing any modern car is kind of a nightmare.

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

    Big oof.

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      Enshittification on another whole level

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      that sounds just awful

      • markon@lemmy.world
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        You Lemmy drones to are the same as the Reddit ones thinking they smart but no one here smart including me because I posted this comment

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          Do you disagree with something?

        • weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de
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          Yeah we’re all stupid, except VW and their software-defined cars. Should we cease to exist now or what are you suggesting?

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          People are stupid no matter the domain/platform/social media they interact on.

          except me. im like smart and stuff.

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

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      Isn’t this more or less what Tesla did?

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

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        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.

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          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.

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

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      With the entire vehicle constructed from IoT components

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