Anyone Had an OTA update yet?

[DanielFrench]

Just curious, if anyone has had an Over The Air update as yet?

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[davecrutchf]

How do we tell what version we are on? I liked that Tesla would tell you when an update was coming and tell you the new features.

 

[Argelius]

My Macan is my 5th EV. I have had EVs from Tesla (#NeverAgain), Jaguar, Genesis and Cadillac. Other than Tesla, all of the other manufacturers touted OTA updates as a feature, but, other than Tesla, I never ever received any. I'm hoping Porsche wont continue this trend...

 

[daveo4EV]

My Macan is my 5th EV. I have had EVs from Tesla (#NeverAgain), Jaguar, Genesis and Cadillac. Other than Tesla, all of the other manufacturers touted OTA updates as a feature, but, other than Tesla, I never ever received any. I'm hoping Porsche wont continue this trend...

Porsche's OTA capabilities are very limited - and what ever OTA capabilities they do possess they don't use very often…

most/all software updates for your Macan will require a dealer visit.

that's a fact.

 

[sor]

My Macan is my 5th EV. I have had EVs from Tesla (#NeverAgain), Jaguar, Genesis and Cadillac. Other than Tesla, all of the other manufacturers touted OTA updates as a feature, but, other than Tesla, I never ever received any. I'm hoping Porsche wont continue this trend...

My impression is that while some of these automakers possess OTA capabilities they are very conservative about changing your car. So far in three years I have gotten only two OTA updates from BMW, and one was in response to a safety recall. Both worked perfectly, but it is clear that they aren’t going to mess with our cars regularly, push beta features, etc - only when they need to.

It would be interesting to see Porsche at least demonstrate the OTA capabilities but I wouldn’t expect updates regularly even if they have it perfect.

 

[sor]

Another thing that people don’t often consider is that OTA is less important to these car companies that don’t build their business on selling a promise of delivering features that don’t exist today. Porsche isn’t selling me a Macan by telling me what I will be able to do with it after an update next year.

There is still value in OTA for bug fixes, addressing recalls, and it just so turns out that consumers really like it as a feature. But it’s no coincidence that Tesla is the best at vehicle OTA - it’s the lynchpin of the whole business. How else can you sell a promise to deliver something later, and continue promising it for the better part of a decade? You have to convince consumers that it’s just another update or two down the road. Without OTA, Tesla loses all of the momentum that inflated their stock price, those baked expectations that every Tesla can be a robotaxi some day.

So while OTA is something customers are more frequently looking for, it’s no wonder everyone else is more conservative about modifying your vehicle. They get to weigh the urgency and risk of each fix, decide what method is more disruptive and likely to cause complaints, etc.

 

[Petzi]

Another thing that people don’t often consider is that OTA is less important to these car companies that don’t build their business on selling a promise of delivering features that don’t exist today. Porsche isn’t selling me a Macan by telling me what I will be able to do with it after an update next year.

There is still value in OTA for bug fixes, addressing recalls, and it just so turns out that consumers really like it as a feature. But it’s no coincidence that Tesla is the best at vehicle OTA - it’s the lynchpin of the whole business. How else can you sell a promise to deliver something later, and continue promising it for the better part of a decade? You have to convince consumers that it’s just another update or two down the road. Without OTA, Tesla loses all of the momentum that inflated their stock price, those baked expectations that every Tesla can be a robotaxi some day.

So while OTA is something customers are more frequently looking for, it’s no wonder everyone else is more conservative about modifying your vehicle. They get to weigh the urgency and risk of each fix, decide what method is more disruptive and likely to cause complaints, etc.

perfect explanation of the facts. it is also more responsible to do updates in the shop.

 

[daveo4EV]

it is also more responsible to do updates in the shop.

why?

 

[PrudentOcean]

I still don’t understand how Tesla got away with charging people thousands of dollars to prepare their vehicles for Full Self Driving years before the feature became available in Beta form. Many people who paid for the capability didn’t own the cars anymore when it started rolling out.

 

[Petzi]

why?

because 1.) it may be safety relevant. 2.) if i look at the majority of the posts here, a lot of people do not understand even the basic functions & settings. 3.) if it is a relevant update something will change. i would really like to see what would happen here after such an update.
there is a whole thread here why there is regen in regen mode and less/no regen in coast mode. i rest my case

 

[QuiteBig]

No OTA for me in the 4 days I have had the car! We got a Mini electric in late Jan though, and that has already had an update. It did make a few changes, I can’t remember all of them, but for example the go-kart speedometer gained battery temp and a g meter. Not huge, but felt like a Apple phone update, where a few new features come with each now iOS.

 

[daveo4EV]

because 1.) it may be safety relevant. 2.) if i look at the majority of the posts here, a lot of people do not understand even the basic functions & settings. 3.) if it is a relevant update something will change. i would really like to see what would happen here after such an update.
there is a whole thread here why there is regen in regen mode and less/no regen in coast mode. i rest my case

yeah - I don't see how service helps with any of that…none of your arguments match factual experience I've had with my porsche dealers vs. OTA updates.

1) safety related via OTA is more effective and easier to track "compliance" with in the fleet
2) what does that have to do with anything?
3) again not sure how doing it at service changes that in any way shape or form

regen has to do with OTA updates why?

 

[4RS-1959]

Nice … another claim by my dealer that is in fact false! Porsche really needs to invest in training floor staff on EVs and the brand in general!

 

[Fadz]

Mine there was OTA update an hour ago.

 

[PrudentOcean]

There have been minor updates (navigation and speech recognition) but nothing major with new features.

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