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As more and more new energy vehicles are on the road, the OTA function is gradually used in cars. This technology not only brings convenience, but also brings a lot of inconvenience. A few days ago, it spread on the network that a new energy vehicle was "nesting" on the road because of the upgrade of the system.

From this video, it happened on a congested driveway, where a zero-running car from the suspected new power stopped in the middle of the road, and the vehicle dashboard showed that "do not operate the car while the system is upgrading." That is, the vehicle can not be used properly, and you need to wait for the system to be updated.

For example, what happened in the video is not alone. In August this year, a NIO owner revealed on the Internet that while he was driving, the vehicle had a system upgrade. He originally thought that the upgrade would be successful, so he upgraded the ES8 system through OTA. Unexpectedly, the vehicle system shows "update failed, driving is prohibited, please contact NIO Commissioner", that is, the vehicle cannot be used and needs support.

And at the beginning of this year, also a NIO owner, when driving his car to the intersection of Chang'an Street in Beijing, the car popped up the message of an upgradable system, and then the driver hung the P block to upgrade the car, resulting in a black screen of the vehicle and could not operate normally. During the upgrade period, the vehicle remained motionless and the windows could not be rolled down until the system was upgraded more than an hour later.

In response to this matter, NIO also told the media: "We are smart cars, and the mobile phone upgrade to turn off, the upgrade will also stop the black screen needs time to wait, suitable for car owners to park the car after operation."

Cars with OTA functions are mainly new energy models, such as Tesla, Lulai, and so on. Intelligent system, as the "heart" of new energy vehicles, can bring more intelligent fun and intelligent technology to vehicles. For example, this zero-running official said that it was upgraded to Level3-level intelligent driving function through OTA online. Since it is an electronic product, we all know that manufacturers will continue to study and provide updated services to consumers, so as to continuously improve the performance-to-price ratio of vehicles.

Another advantage of OTA upgrades is that car owners can upgrade online. Unlike in the past, system updates on many traditional cars have to be carried out in 4S stores, but now many new energy vehicles can be realized through OTA, which is both convenient and fast.

In fact, this situation is not only a waste of time, but also has hidden dangers of traffic safety, such as causing traffic jams, in case the vehicle stops on the road on a rainy day, who should bear the accident due to blurred vision.

Although the OTA upgrade can be considered to choose not to upgrade for the time being, many car owners have started the OTA upgrade function because of misoperation.

In this regard, a well-known car commentator has expressed his opinion that although the vehicle indicates that the upgrade needs to take an hour to stop, the human-computer interaction is not careful enough, and the popup of the upgrade prompt during the driving process of the vehicle is unreasonable. Manufacturers do not inform the follow-up problems caused by direct upgrades, so users and manufacturers are equally responsible.

Car OTA also brings a lot of convenience to car owners, quickly fix system defects while saving time and money to go to the 4S store. However, the car OTA also has its hidden dangers. First of all, having the whole vehicle OTA indicates that the vehicle may be controlled remotely. In addition, people who have brushed the mobile phone all know that if the upgrade is not successful, it is likely to "change bricks", while the car system collapse and crash problems can be big or small, which will affect the safety of vehicles.

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