• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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    4 hours ago

    But all of this is already decided and designed and built in the car IT. The trunk is really nothing special, it is actually one of the simplest controllers in a car.

    • greyscale@lemmy.grey.ooo
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      3 hours ago

      Yes. Which is why it will be cost-optimised to hell. And could conceivably not have a way to tell you the button state vs whether or not it should/shouldn’t open. One requires bi-directional communication. And to change the behaviour of something that cost-optimised will require a different mask rom, possibly. Or they just can’t be bothered to make a separate SKU just for Waymo for a lifetime-limited rental car product.

      Sometimes something very simple has a bunch of stupid structural reasons it can’t be done without spending real money.