> One of these things is not like the others. Tesla, for good or ill, needed to write a full stack for their EV.
And so did traditional manufacturers, they just had the benefit of being able to phase it in if they so chose. Or they could have done a hard cutover, either way, the failure is on them for ignoring the benefits of the Software Defined Vehicle discussed in the article.
> It's unclear what getting one of the android automotive developers would do for you.
Do they do vehicle control systems or just infotainment?
> they needed to use Unreal Engine to show you what your own car looks like and spin it around in. 3-D deserves some kind of salesmanship Nobel prize.
I mean that's exactly the kind of thing that makes Tesla fanboys rave endlessly about their car. It just needs to be decoupled from the actual software system, like any UI.
Android automotive doesn't come with software for battery management and functions like climate control, headlights, error notifications, and other driving functions. But it does provide the best toolchain, widget set and user interface framework for those functions. It also comes with support for multiple screens, multimedia, multiple languages, speech recognition, app stores, cameras, wifi hotspotting, OTA updates, modes for vehicles in motion, Bluetooth, pointing devices so you don't have to be all touch all the time, etc.
All that stuff adds up. As Volkswagen found out.
Green Hills supports running android in a VM so you can do all of the safety critical things like traction control, and ABS in a secure environment.
And so did traditional manufacturers, they just had the benefit of being able to phase it in if they so chose. Or they could have done a hard cutover, either way, the failure is on them for ignoring the benefits of the Software Defined Vehicle discussed in the article.
> It's unclear what getting one of the android automotive developers would do for you.
Do they do vehicle control systems or just infotainment?
> they needed to use Unreal Engine to show you what your own car looks like and spin it around in. 3-D deserves some kind of salesmanship Nobel prize.
I mean that's exactly the kind of thing that makes Tesla fanboys rave endlessly about their car. It just needs to be decoupled from the actual software system, like any UI.