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>Automakers have caught onto the trend and you will see more mainstream OEMs doing remote updates pretty soon.

I don't know if your serious or hopeful? To simply have the computer that controls my transmissions shifting flashed cost me over $200 at the dealership. Do you think the dealership is going to give up this revenue stream?

Could you imagine paying for every update that comes across an Android mobile or tablet?



Both serious and hopeful. Serious in that I know the technology is already in vehicles being sold, hopeful in that it's use will expand.

The current application is to non-critical systems, so you aren't stranded if an update goes poorly. The idea is to learn from this and expand.

As far as I know, there is no plan to charge for over the air updates.




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