And that software will have periodic \"updates\" to improve its performance over time. But that dear friends is not going to be \"free\" rather the car manufacturers will charge us for it. And don't expect it to be cheap in any way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have read that recently the new electric car company Polestar<\/strong> has updated the software of their cars to be able to get more power from the electric motors, for the modest price of 1,000 dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now the owners of these cars can have more power in their cars, but they have to pay extra for it. And I think that is the path that all manufacturers are going to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can see that Tesla does the same. It offers a \"full drive\" option for $ 10,000 and charges for updates to its software. Which brings them some nice extra yearly profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new electric cars are made up of an increasingly powerful computer that controls more and more sensors and more functions of the car. And a computer has software that makes it operational, and that software will evolve over time to introduce updates and improvements. That will be the basic technology in all new cars (which will be electric), and what was based on the engine, now will be based on the computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Making engines required very specific and hard-to-get technologies. Making computers is entirely something else, and it relies on microelectronics and software. It is therefore a total technological change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And manufacturers are going to use technology to hold customers by the neck for the rest of the car's life. We may have the option of not updating the modifications they offer us, but we will end up with a relatively obsolete car in a few years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because in general, what most people do is think that for a little more money (between 500 and 1,000 euros) they are making improvements to their car. And if we multiply these amounts by the millions of cars that will end up circulating, we can get an idea of the enormous annual business that is presented to the manufacturers of new electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a \"business\" that they will not pass up. And the problem that arises is: What options are presented to us, the users of these cars?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not many, I'm afraid.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 24 Todos estamos bastante ilusionados con el futuro de los coches el\u00e9ctricos y en un futuro m\u00e1s lejano con los coches aut\u00f3nomos. Pero ese futuro ecol\u00f3gico tiene un \u201cproblema\u201d y se llama software. Y el problema va a ser para los usuarios, pues los coches el\u00e9ctricos durar\u00e1n bastantes a\u00f1os operativos y el software ir\u00e1 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[110,124],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cars-vehicles","category-electric-cars"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/desdelaterrazadeamador.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Coche-electrico.jpg\")
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