Connected Car
A BMW i4 owner was rightfully puzzled when their car flashed a strange alert on the screen, saying its parking spot was "too steep" to perform an over-the-air software upgrade. As Clare Eliza found out, it simply isn't possible to remotely update any of the i4's software if the car isn't parked on flat ground. As it turns out, BMW doesn't have one singular reason why the vehicle can't perform this task on an incline. that allow it to understand its orientation, so it knows when it’s on an incline," a BMW spokesperson told The Drive. Nobody wants to drive to a random parking lot just to wait with their car while its software updates.