EV Bricked After Update Reportedly Fails, Owner Sees Shocking Message on the Screen

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An electric vehicle owner was shocked when he jumped into his car only to find that a failed software update had turned off the vehicle completely, leaving a message on his screen telling him the car could no longer be driven without first being towed to a dealer for service.

The aggravated EV owner signed onto his Reddit account to post an image of his car’s dash screen that told him that the car was bricked — or totally shut down. The vehicle was a Ford, but didn’t the post didn’t describe the specific model.

“Unfortunately, a recent software update was not successful,” the screen stated in the image, which was first posted Dec. 19 by a user identified as “HandyMan131.” “Your vehicle cannot be driven.”

The image drew attention on social media as other users picked it up.

The information went on to tell the “owner” of the car that he would have to call a tow truck operator to tow the car to a dealer to have the computer crash sorted out.

Now, I say “owner,” because do you really own something if it is 100 percent controlled by the manufacturer and dealer by remote connection? Clearly, the car “owner” did not have the ability to avoid an expensive tow truck fee, nor the dealer’s charge to fix the problem inside the car’s computer.

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