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The Fully Charged Show has an excellent (and remarkably candid given his position) interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley explaining why legacy automakers, includin
by rgmerk 3y ago
The Fully Charged Show has an excellent (and remarkably candid given his position) interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley explaining why legacy automakers, including Ford, struggle so much with software.
In short, they are trying to integrate modules written by their component makers, whereas Tesla (and presumably BYD and the other Chinese pure play EV companies) are writing all their software in house.
[1] https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-213-can-lightning-strike-twice-with-jim-farley-the-man-behind-the-best-selling-truck-in-50-years/ https://fullycharged.show/podcasts/podcast-213-can-lightning...
- throwup238 3y agoI think thats why Mercedes (and Tesla and Waymo) is eating the other legacy automakers guys’ lunch when it comes to self driving. Unlike the other automakers they have a huge in house division devoted to software in Seattle
- simfree 3y agoThose employees are trapped in tens of hours of meetings every week with Mercedes Germany employees, and what code they do ship is NodeJS on Kubernetes on a crummy underpowered SoC to power the infotainment system. There is a serious cultural mismatch between the Seattle office and Mercedes, just look at the Seattle offices commuting culture (mostly not by car, with many team members literally not owning cars).
- throwup238 3y agoThat's a shame. When I interviewed with them four years ago there was hope it would turn out better.