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BMW Is Showing Full-Screen Ads on Its Cars' Main Dashboard Control Display
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Not to mention that in the wake of VW being caught red-handed with fraudulent software to evade emission regulations, BMW had to quickly get their (very similar) hack out there. Which, of course, was done so incredibly poorly that nowadays, several types of modern BMWs are liable to just explode into a fireball. Seemingly out of nowhere.
At least when they do explode they don't then also trap the occupants like Teslas do but still, plenty of stories of bmws in Europe just bursting into flames.
To be fair, the Germans weren't the only ones cheating emissions tests. As far as I've heard, Harley-Davidson used special tunes on their bikes to pass emissions testing. Never heard of BMWs just randomly bursting into flames, though, gotta look into that.
I don't know about US car makers, but I can imagine them having done similar stuff
The have been blowing up for over a decade. This is just the latest recall.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/bmw-recalls-26000-more-vehicles-over-engine-starter-fire-risk/
It's a meme it's so frequent.
Don't doubt it for a second, absolutely. There's a reason why BMW scrambling to fix their own little trick. VW just got caught doing it