{"id":12168,"date":"2024-06-11T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/?p=12168"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:53:24","slug":"bug-obriga-a-recall-do-novo-carro-eletrico-da-volvo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/bug-obriga-a-recall-do-novo-carro-eletrico-da-volvo\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Forces Recall of Volvo's New Electric Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12168\" class=\"elementor elementor-12168\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e368fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"6e368fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b4cf3a\" data-id=\"8b4cf3a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24d535f wpr-stt-btn-align-fixed wpr-stt-btn-align-fixed-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-back-to-top\" data-id=\"24d535f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-back-to-top.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wpr-stt-wrapper\"><div class='wpr-stt-btn' data-settings='{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;animationOffset&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;animationDuration&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;fixed&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;,&quot;scrolAnim&quot;:&quot;800&quot;}'><span class=\"wpr-stt-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b122b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b122b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recently, Volvo announced the recall of more than 72,000 electric vehicles due to a faulty <em>software<\/em>.<\/p><p>According to the Swedish giant's press release, these EX30 model vehicles may accidentally display a \"test screen\" on the central monitor, obscuring the normal driving statistics displayed, including the speedometer and infotainment features. The exact cause of the problem has not yet been revealed.<\/p><p>O <em>bug<\/em> was first detected last month, when Volvo announced a recall of 1,255 vehicles, specifically in Australia. \"Due to a <em>software<\/em>According to the Australian recall, the infotainment unit's display may enter a test mode during vehicle start-up. This may prevent important information, such as vehicle speed, from being displayed,\" reads the Australian recall. \"Failure to display important information could potentially increase the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users.\"<\/p><p>In fact, what makes this error particularly problematic is that, unlike almost all other cars, all the statistics and information on these Volvo models, such as speed, are located only on the central screen. For this reason, when an error of this nature occurs on the test screen, drivers are left without knowing exactly how fast they are going. Fortunately for EX30 owners, it won't be necessary to take their vehicles to the workshop or dealers to have the error corrected. An update, called version 1.3.1, is now available for any user to download and install.<\/p><p>This is not the first time Volvo has encountered problems with <em>software<\/em> in its latest cars. According to Volvo's public statements, the top-of-the-range EX90 has been delayed by half a year just to concentrate on the development of <em>software<\/em>. The risks are high when it comes to <em>software<\/em> and potential problems, especially when important components of a vehicle depend directly on the <em>software<\/em> to work properly.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The original article via <i>TheRegister <\/i>can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2024\/06\/10\/volvo_recalls_all_of_its\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volvo recently announced the recall of more than 72,000 electric vehicles due to a software error. According to the Swedish giant's press release, these EX30 model vehicles may accidentally display a \"test screen\" on the central monitor, obscuring the normal driving statistics displayed, including the speedometer and infotainment features. The exact cause of the problem has not yet been revealed. The bug was first detected during last month, when Volvo announced a recall of 1,255 vehicles, specifically in Australia. \"Due to a software error, the infotainment unit's display may enter a test mode during vehicle start-up. This may prevent important information, such as vehicle speed, from being displayed,\" reads the Australian recall. \"Failure to display important information could potentially increase the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants and other road users.\" In fact, what makes this error especially problematic is that, unlike almost all other cars, all the statistics and information on these Volvo models, such as speed, are located only on the central display. For this reason, when an error of this nature occurs on the test screen, drivers are left without knowing exactly how fast they are going. Fortunately for EX30 owners, it won't be necessary to take their vehicles to the workshop or dealers to have the error corrected. An update, called version 1.3.1, is now available for anyone to download and install. This is not the first time that Volvo has encountered software problems in its latest cars. According to Volvo's public statements, the top-of-the-range EX90 was delayed by half a year just to concentrate on software development. The stakes are high when it comes to software and potential problems, especially when important components of a vehicle depend directly on the software to function properly.   The original article via TheRegister can be read here.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-destaque"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pstqb.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}