The download is about 5.6GB. The installation takes roughly 40 minutes. Crucially, unlike previous failed OTA attempts in Europe, the Chinese server infrastructure (hosted on Alibaba Cloud) has proven robust, with a 98% success rate reported by SAIC-VW.
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Community files for updates like v2974 and v2976 have been released across Telegram and Facebook owner groups. 2. What Do These Updates Fix? The download is about 5
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