I have windows 8 which is the biggest computer mistake I have made. I have been involved with computers since the mid 70’s and have been certified on multiple systems.
Hackers would have a field day with traffic. People are concerned about the power grid so lets add cars to it. An EMP or solar flare would completely stop the nation. How would people that can't set the clock on a VCR tell a car where to go?
what his is really saying is only MY cars will be allowed.
Cars that will be advertising and points of sale for selling personal data about users.
Musk is trying to monetize your driving habits with you paying the bill.
I remember the Blue Screens of Death from times past. My Windows 8 machine has never crashed and I am a heavy user. Regardless, automotive grade software is in a whole other league when it comes to stability requirements.
“Hackers would have a field day with traffic. People are concerned about the power grid so lets add cars to it. An EMP or solar flare would completely stop the nation.”
Today's cars already have dozens of computers in them. If we got hit with an EMP, we would all be SOL anyway. Also, remember that news story about people getting hurt when hackers had a field day disabling the brakes in their cars? Yea, neither do I.
“How would people that can't set the clock on a VCR tell a car where to go?”
Voice commands. Voice recognition is a rapidly developing field and it will not be long before it can understand you better than your spouse can (which may or may not be saying much depending on your lot in life). You can give it an address, an intersection of two roads, and commonly used places like "home", "work", "grocery store", etc. Also, there will be feedback so that after you tell it where to go, it maps the route on a display and you can verify that it got it correct.