Software Runs My Car, and the license just expired
*by Mwenda Tevin Gitonga and Mwangi Michael Mbuthia.*
The vehicle of your dreams has finally arrived and you cannot wait to take
it out on the road. It’s second hand but it is still your dream vehicle. On
switching on the ignition key you get the surprise of your life. You paid
for the vehicle but you never paid for the software. This was the situation
a second-hand buyer of a Tesla vehicle found themselves in, after
purchasing the vehicle and getting a message from Tesla
<www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21127243/tesla-model-s-autopilot-disabled-remotely-used-car-update>
informing them that they had not paid for the software features that come
with the vehicle. Tesla, therefore, had remotely disabled the Software of
the vehicle. The vehicle had been advertised by the third party as having
the software features mainly the driver assistance features.
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