ChasingCoral
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While I agree we think this is something OTA should do, the question is if they will do it. This gets back to the discussion earlier of how well Ford embraces third party customization. Properly written, the battery management code could identify a new battery with an enhanced capacity and run with it. I hope that is the case. Another option would be the need to install new, third party code as part of the upgrade. Accommodation of friendly hacks would be great as well.That's the type of thing that the OTA updates should do though. One of the big advantages of that feature.
This would be very different from what is being seen in some of the farm equipment industry. Just look at what happened to farmers when John Deere said they own the equipment but only license the software needed to run it.
https://www.wired.com/story/john-deere-farmers-right-to-repair/
My hope is Ford will be much more open to third party software as well as hardware.
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