On the hardware side, the product development cycle for a car is about 5 years, which design lockins in stages along the way (there's a mad rush for a "land gra

On the hardware side, the product development cycle for a car is about 5 years, which design lockins in stages along the way (there's a mad rush for a "land grab" for engine compartment space by suppliers many years in advance to the actual launch of the car). It wouldn't surprise me if the software had a similarly long development and lock-in cycle.