Integration tests! Do you speak it!?
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Integration tests don't really help if you just push the wring build to production.
Although the pipeline should probably not accept builds that haven't passed all tests.
Integration tests don't really help if you just push the wring build to production.
This is like designing a deadbolt that tells you that the key doesn't work, but it allows you to open the door anyway. Why would anyone have a process in place where you can push to production with failing integration tests?
I actually work in automotive testing, and the honest truth is that there likely is no real automated pipeline.
Automotive software testing is much more complex than simple software unit or integration tests. You need to run on actual hardware, accompanied by all the other ECUs you are interfacing with. And the tools that slow you to do so are specialized tools, which often are not yet integrated into CI/CD processes (they're pretty much all working on it though). I.e. getting test results for a build involves manual labor, which makes it prone to errors.
I didn’t even know rivian had even made an actual vehicle until I saw one last month. I thought they were still vaporware. Wasn’t there another trunk company that was supposed to have made a truck like 6 years ago? Did they ever do that?
Rivian is out and about. Thru even finished their 10k amazon van order along eith the trucks and SUVs.
The truck brand thats still vaporware may be tesla (ha) but you probably mean the Fisker Alaskawhich looks amazing if it ever exists. They actually went bankrupt a while ago but came back and seem to be solvent.
The Lordstown Endurance was an electric pickup truck. It was to be built at a former GM factory. They managed to produce 31 of the trucks,19 of which had to be recalled. The compny failed, but the factory is owned by Foxcon and is planned to be used to manufacture Fiskers in the future.
Fisker has been producing electric cars. They've made around 5,000 at this point. The Alaska is a planned future vehicle. Unlikely to happen. The auto industry is notoriously difficult to for new manufacturers. Telsa is one of the few car new car companies to see widespread success, and they are the exception.
Well it’s certainly better looking than the Rivian, which is one of the ugliest production vehicles I’ve ever seen.
lol yeah it’s definitely Tesla! The Alaska looks amazing. I actually hadn’t seen that one but it definitely looks awesome. I looked it up and I think it was the nikola badger. The name doesn’t seem familiar but the look of it seems like what I was thinking.
Honestly I feel there have been a lot of ev startups that never deliver. I do think the rivian truck looks pretty nice as well.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The more innovation-minded people in the auto industry have heralded the advent of the software-defined car.
It's been spun as a big benefit for consumers, too—witness the excitement among Tesla owners when that company adds a new video game or childish noise to see why the rest of the industry joined the hype train.
The EV startup, which makes well-regarded pickup trucks and SUVs, as well as delivery vans for Amazon, pushed out a new over-the-air software update on Monday.
But all is not well with 2023.42; the update stalls before it completes installing, taking out both infotainment and main instrument display screens.
Update 1 (11/13, 10:45 PM PT): The issue impacts the infotainment system.
A vehicle reset or sleep cycle will not solve the issue.
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