Reasarchers aren't normally expected to build a production system to sell as a product. They might be very smart people but for something like this you need a t

Reasarchers aren't normally expected to build a production system to sell as a product. They might be very smart people but for something like this you need a team with at least some members who have real experience delivering automotive hardware + safety critical systens + automation. Research tends to ignore the boring but important details that make a product.