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The irony though is if they allowed their cars to be modular, they would be able to just mount a tablet flashed with their own operating system. This might pre
by ryacko 7y ago
The irony though is if they allowed their cars to be modular, they would be able to just mount a tablet flashed with their own operating system.
This might prevent them from operating a wide variety of controls from the entertainment dash though.
- dmitriid 7y agoThe cars are already modular. Internally. There are up to 150 different CPUs (meaning different modules) inside a modern car. All from different manufacturers. See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUTOSAR https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AUTOSAR
- ryacko 7y agoCars are modular, but manufactures want to abolish the aftermarket like Apple.
- dmitriid 7y agoLooking at all the electronic internals in a modern car, I'm no longer sure I want an aftermarket :) Already, when looking for/at a car, my first thought is: "is their software engineering team up to the task?"