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Volvo recalls all of its 72K EX30 cars due to software bug that obscures speedometer
(www.theregister.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
In a statement released today, the Sweden-based car manufacturer says EX30 vehicles can accidentally throw up a "test screen" on the center monitor, obscuring the normal driving statistics shown there including the speedometer and infotainment features.
"Due to a software error, the infotainment unit screen may enter a test mode during startup of the vehicle.
"Failure to display key information may potentially increase the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users."
When that test screen error occurs, drivers are left in the dark about exactly how fast they're going, and that could lead to driving that's too reckless or too cautious, neither of which are great.
The higher-end EX90 actually got delayed by half a year purely to focus on software development, according to Volvo's public declarations.
That update was a direct response to an incident where a Cruise robo-taxi drove over a pedestrian who was already on the road after having been hit by a different vehicle, instead of just stopping after the collision happened.
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