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The power train (and other vital components) of a car should be air-gapped from the internet. It's crazy car manufacturers are even able to brick a car like this.
Is your car going to get security updates 5-10-20 years from now? No. The power train should be air-gapped from the internet.
The problem is that the "release a minimum viable product, then update-update-update" software development model has reached cars.
But all other ways cost more and take longer to get to market which makes shareholders unhappy, so we can't have that.