When Tesla came out with over the air updates it was a revolutionary concept. Other makers are slowly adopting the concept but no one uses it and pushes out updates the way Tesla does. As a new owner, until the V11 interface I would eagerly download the next update wondering what improvements I would get. The total cluster of V11 opened my eyes and made me wonder, does the practice and ability to continually and easily push out an update breed sloppy programming and bug checking?
With traditional automakers a firmware update was a major ordeal, requiring owners to go to the dealer and costing a lot of time and money so they did them infrequently, only when necessary and spent a lot of time testing and verifying to make sure there were no bugs. As an owner, you never got updates but you got fewer bugs, too.
With Tesla, updates come on a regular basis but bugs are a regular occurrence, to the point of being expected. But it’s ok Because the next update will fix the bug. I’m thinking that part of the reason we see so many bugs is the simple fact there’s far less urgency and need to prevent them.
With traditional automakers a firmware update was a major ordeal, requiring owners to go to the dealer and costing a lot of time and money so they did them infrequently, only when necessary and spent a lot of time testing and verifying to make sure there were no bugs. As an owner, you never got updates but you got fewer bugs, too.
With Tesla, updates come on a regular basis but bugs are a regular occurrence, to the point of being expected. But it’s ok Because the next update will fix the bug. I’m thinking that part of the reason we see so many bugs is the simple fact there’s far less urgency and need to prevent them.
