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Technology @lemmy.world jeffw @lemmy.world 4 mo. ago

Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

www.engadget.com Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

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

Big oof.
- that sounds just awful
  
  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
- Enshittification on another whole level
- Yay, subscriptions for everything! Car as a service! What's not to like?? 🤮
- So I just need to run an Ansible playbook and my sedan turns into a pickup truck?
- Isn't this more or less what Tesla did?
  
  I don't know if they were the first, but they're one of the most notorious offenders.
  
  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.
- With the entire vehicle constructed from IoT components
"You wouldn't download a car."

Sounds like it's time to turn my phone into a car already.
- Don't give Apple any ideas
  
  They just disbanded that project.
Omfg that cookie banner is cancer.

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