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> how broken and far behind automobile tech is Because it is controlled by car companies. Software solutions for Automobiles have been around for a very long
by nashashmi 10y ago
> how broken and far behind automobile tech is
Because it is controlled by car companies. Software solutions for Automobiles have been around for a very long time. Lots of grassroots entrepreneurs have made attempts, but there is so much friction at the automobile level, that innovation literally is slow and frustrating.
I do not know too much about the culture there, but from the stories I gather from the people who work there, management is very smug about industry position, engineers are not very tech oriented, it's engineering heavy, software light, and have a mentality of tech-is-cool-and-useless.
Management and leadership are not very focused on integrating on these cool useless tech objects. And they have other focuses.
- int_handler 10y agoExactly. And the bar they set for themselves is frustratingly low. Case in point: [Subaru's new "tablet-like" infotainment interface](http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7982525/in-car-navigation-systems-are-terrible http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7982525/in-car-navigation-s...).