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I'm pretty sure automobile manufacturing requires very rigorous technical standards. Hell, it's the industry where QA was practically invented, with most of the
by CamTin 9y ago
I'm pretty sure automobile manufacturing requires very rigorous technical standards. Hell, it's the industry where QA was practically invented, with most of the innovation occurring in Detroit and even at Ford.
I trust an oldline automaker like Ford with safety-critical software engineering before I'd trust any "startup", especially one from the Valley. I'd bet consumers will feel the same. They'll feel safer climbing into a self-driving car with a Ford badge on it than one with a Snap badge, no matter how good Snap's marketing is, or if they ML software is open source.
- Aloha 9y agoFord, Motorola, Western Electric and General Electric.
- csours 9y agoFun fact: Eiji Toyoda got a lot of his quality ideas FROM Ford in 1950! Toyota (the company) then relentlessly pursued continuous improvement, to the point where Ford (and every other OEM) had to re-learn what quality meant. http://www.autonews.com/article/20130923/OEM02/309239967/eiji-toyodas-rouge-trip-changed-auto-history http://www.autonews.com/article/20130923/OEM02/309239967/eij... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Toyoda https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Toyoda One should take early Toyota stories with a grain of salt, as there may be more than a little bit of hagiography.