“We use it as a scouting lab as well as a lab to try new things out,” said Tinskey, who serves as Ford’s global director of vehicle electrification and infrastructure.

Source: analysis.tu-auto.com

Talent in software moves to Silly Valley and the automakers try to bring them back to Detroit, a city in Germany or Japan hoping their culture changes. Ford seems to be the only one that gets it, Bill Ford made a difference and it helps they turned down the bailout.