Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will recall 65,000 Volvo V70 and XC70 cars because of a problem with the software that controls the side-impact air bags. Apparently the recall applies only to cars in Europe. According to Volvo’s spokeswoman Maria Bohlin, the software needs to be “adjusted” because the airbags do not deploy fast enough. She said, “We will send letters to all the owners of the affected cars and tell them to take the car to a mechanic to get this upgrade.”I wonder how long it will be before software upgrades like this can be automatically downloaded to the car with no need to bring them to a “mechanic.”