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So, to start, I'm a leasee of a 2021 Polestar 2 Launch Edition. My thoughts are generally based on comparisons to that car.

The architecture of Tesla's infotainment system is abhorrent to me. If there's a flaw on the system that causes it to crash, you're left out in the dust with regards to any of your information surfaces.

This is relevant since last year, there was an issue where Google Maps (which provides the map tiles for Tesla) was returning 500-style errors for requests and Tesla's entire infotainment entered a boot loop, restricting visibility on Speed and alerts generated by the car.

For contrast, Polestar based their system where the infotainment system (Android Automotive) runs as a virtual machine on top of the RTOS the runs the rest of the vehicle. This provides the system some redundancy in how things operates on multiple levels. Google Maps crashes? ANR from Android. Android crashes? Infotainment reset.

The key difference is that Polestar is a _car_ company that draws it's lineage from Volvo who is nuts about being safe in the vehicle, even at the expense of all the bells and whistles.

That's not to say that they're perfect though. Polestar's mobile app is _aweful_. It crashes frequently, it's slow to update the status, and overall it's just Volvo's app.

Anyways, if anyone has any questions about the car, I'm happy to tell both sides.




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