Trucking is low hanging fruit for self-driving given the high wages and terrible working conditions. Perhaps Anthony and others from Google got tired of waiting for the car market to accept the advanced mapping solution.
it’s a choice between stagnation vs. a painful transition to a lower margin business. They’ll never get into hot growth areas like cars or IoT clients, and still keep the x86 lock-in plus high-margin gravy train rolling.
Question is do they have the staying power to make the painful transition, especially in automotive where customer expectations are high and competition is extremely challenging.
Tel Aviv-based Karamba Security– co-founded by Ami Dotan, Tal Ben-David, David Barzilai and Assaf Hare—closed its seed round of funding in March this year
average new car has about 200 million lines of programming code, and much of that code can be tweaked later to improve safety, update maps, or add entirely new features
That same $20B in warranty costs has been discussed for at least 10 years – but little done to wear it down. The issue is automaker culture and legacy silos. BMW and Tesla have the different culture to pull off OTA.
Be sure to check out the Volvo concept GIF with a glass “guillotine” work table that extends over your lap, maybe this is the new design for seat belts in an autonomous car?