{"id":242762,"date":"2026-08-15T17:04:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/why-high-tech-cars-might-age-like-smartphones"},"modified":"2026-08-15T17:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T22:04:49","slug":"why-high-tech-cars-might-age-like-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/why-high-tech-cars-might-age-like-smartphones","title":{"rendered":"Why High Tech Cars Might Age Like Smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_FfIx2cOEYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is why we drive a 14-year-old car and we\u2019ll keep driving it as long as we can: [ <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp<\/a>](<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp<\/a>) <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Software defined vehicles offer advantages their analog rivals can\u2018t compete with. But the hardware and software in them needs to be maintained, and some owners have found their cars suddenly obsolete or without key features. CNBC talked with industry figures, including Rivian Chief Software Officer Wassym Bensaid about the promise of software defined vehicles and how his company is trying to handle the challenges this new form of ownership poses.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/> 00:00 Introduction.<br \/> 01:22 Chapter 1: Software-defined cars.<br \/> 02:34 Chapter 2: The problem.<br \/> 04:39 Chapter 3: Keep it running.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by: Robert Ferris.<br \/> Shot and edited by: Darren Geeter.<br \/> Additional Camera: Andrew Evers.<br \/> Senior Managing Producer: Tala Hadavi.<br \/> Additional footage: Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb Subscribe to CNBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnb.cx\/SubscribeCNBC\">https:\/\/cnb.cx\/SubscribeCNBC<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/why-high-tech-cars-might-age-like-smartphones\">Continue reading \u201cWhy High Tech Cars Might Age Like Smartphones\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is why we drive a 14-year-old car and we\u2019ll keep driving it as long as we can: [ https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp](https:\/\/youtu.be\/_FfIx2cOEYs?si=8Wq0biyGETqw-nZp) Software defined vehicles offer advantages their analog rivals can\u2018t compete with. But the hardware and software in them needs to be maintained, and some owners have found their cars suddenly obsolete or without key features. [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1512,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mobile-phones","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}