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Introducing the Open Automotive Alliance
- joezydeco 13y agoSo we're doing Open Handset Alliance 2.0?
- gcb0 13y agoLooks like from the little on the site. I was hoping for something saner than CAN bus
- dded 13y agoMaybe more will be announced at CES, as hinted here: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-06/google-teams-with-gm-honda-and-audi-to-bring-android-to-cars http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-06/google-teams...
- yaddayadda 13y agoMomentary jubilation followed by 'blah'. I saw the title and expected something like an alliance working on open source automobiles (e.g., http://wikispeed.org/the-car/ http://wikispeed.org/the-car/).
- ricardobeat 13y agoI was hoping for some kind of better, open interface for engine data & other car systems :(
- loganu 13y agoI was hoping for a collection of designers and engineers working together to make an open, modular, chassis that could be worked upon. Maybe a discussion about best practices for serviceability, ergonomics, performance, cost-efficiencies, etc. I had about 2 seconds from clicking the link to the page loading to think about that, and I'm feeling pretty let down. I know that the digital systems play a huge role in cars nowadays, but I just can't get excited about this.... yet?
- joezydeco 13y agoFord was showing more potential with OpenXC, but that was last year's CES hype generator that has pretty much fallen into the background: http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-announces-openxc-sdk-android-apps-can-now-easily-access-sensor-data http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-announces-openxc-sdk-andr...
- codex 13y agoThis is the wrong approach. BMW has the right idea here: define an interface that lets a user's smartphone paint a car's built in LCD(s) and receive input from its joysticks. Then the car becomes agnostic to ever changing network, app, and graphics technology.
- greglindahl 13y agoHard to imagine any Tesla owner (17" touchscreen) liking that strategy.
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y agoJust like the "Open" Handset "Alliance"?
- blueskin_ 13y agoI'm interested in if this will improve embedded devices' often-abysmal security record.