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I would be shocked if Hyundai wasn’t outsourcing most of its software development to the lowest bidder. Any company that believes its core business isn’t softw

I would be shocked if Hyundai wasn’t outsourcing most of its software development to the lowest bidder. Any company that believes its core business isn’t software will not pay for software developers.

sircastor 4y ago
I had a boss when I worked in Automotive who used to say “We’re not a car company that makes software, we’re a software company that makes cars”
drukenemo 4y ago
I’m not so sure. Hyundai/KIA are entering aggressively the EV market in the west. I have an Ioniq 5 and its software, although not bug-free is incredibly nice to use. The touch screen is very responsive too. I would be shocked if they are not taking software development seriously. The car is basically software on wheels.
- LightG 4y ago
  Agreed based on test drives. Hyundai are at the top of my EV list. Congrats on the car. Looking to pick one up inside 12 months.
  - _whiteCaps_ 4y ago
    Oh, so you put a deposit down a year ago? /s They're incredibly hard to buy right now, I've been on the waiting list for months.
    - LightG 4y ago
      12 months is if I get my act together AND they're available. Neither of which are likely! I'd heard they're almost impossible to get hold of. I'm actually in no rush so I was tempted to wait for the next iteration. I'm all about V2H/X and I'm hoping / wondering if the next version will have that fully enabled or not. Anyway, take my comment as just a strong compliment for Hyundai. I'm so happy they're around as a strong alternative to the incumbant. Good luck getting yours. I'd get one just based on its looks, let alone any of the other goodness.
TheRealDunkirk 4y ago
I would love some insight on the internal process. If the place is anything like mine, this would have been the result of years of planning, months of meetings, endless spreadsheet checklists, and committee reviews, with an internal group, but staffed with mostly outsourced programmers.
psd1 4y ago
...and the mechanic subs I follow do roast some mfrs for the info systems. But it's clear that software is important to cars nowadays. I don't think any mfr fails to grasp that at some level. So presumably some will succeed to some degree; why not Hyundai? The OP said that Hyundai partnered with nVidia - although I grant that the keyboard making could still have been done by a crappy code factory.

sircastor 4y ago

I had a boss when I worked in Automotive who used to say “We’re not a car company that makes software, we’re a software company that makes cars”

drukenemo 4y ago

I’m not so sure. Hyundai/KIA are entering aggressively the EV market in the west. I have an Ioniq 5 and its software, although not bug-free is incredibly nice to use. The touch screen is very responsive too. I would be shocked if they are not taking software development seriously. The car is basically software on wheels.

LightG 4y ago
Agreed based on test drives. Hyundai are at the top of my EV list. Congrats on the car. Looking to pick one up inside 12 months.
- _whiteCaps_ 4y ago
  Oh, so you put a deposit down a year ago? /s They're incredibly hard to buy right now, I've been on the waiting list for months.
  - LightG 4y ago
    12 months is if I get my act together AND they're available. Neither of which are likely! I'd heard they're almost impossible to get hold of. I'm actually in no rush so I was tempted to wait for the next iteration. I'm all about V2H/X and I'm hoping / wondering if the next version will have that fully enabled or not. Anyway, take my comment as just a strong compliment for Hyundai. I'm so happy they're around as a strong alternative to the incumbant. Good luck getting yours. I'd get one just based on its looks, let alone any of the other goodness.

TheRealDunkirk 4y ago

I would love some insight on the internal process. If the place is anything like mine, this would have been the result of years of planning, months of meetings, endless spreadsheet checklists, and committee reviews, with an internal group, but staffed with mostly outsourced programmers.

psd1 4y ago

...and the mechanic subs I follow do roast some mfrs for the info systems. But it's clear that software is important to cars nowadays. I don't think any mfr fails to grasp that at some level. So presumably some will succeed to some degree; why not Hyundai? The OP said that Hyundai partnered with nVidia - although I grant that the keyboard making could still have been done by a crappy code factory.