Ultimately, he believes a carmaker offers either an aspirational ownership experience or it becomes just another mobility provider competing on cost. “There is no in-between,” Koslowski said.

The zFAS – the size of a laptop – is fitted for the first time as standard in the new Audi A8.

“We’re excited to partner with Baidu to take a giant step in helping automotive manufacturers and suppliers fully realize the promise of autonomous driving,” said Kevin Dallas, corporate vice president, Microsoft.

GM Dev Client is not available to all developers and they are closely vetted, GM says. Apps under consideration also must create a safer and more satisfying experience, the automaker says.

“People think that they’ll go and buy and autonomous cars. That’s not going to reflect reality,” Russell tells Axios.

Take this as Intel’s new Internet of No Things strategy. it came about because Krzanich’s wants to seriously focus on addressing the clear and present threat of AMD’s EPYC, Threadripper, and Ryzen processors.

Former CEO Travis Kalanick drove that expansion by understanding and harnessing the power of the “network effect” — the self-reinforcing advantage of having the most drivers and the most users.

In contrast, Google’s Android IVI will come with Google’s best-in-class navigation, messaging, and music apps—in addition to hundreds of carefully curated apps from third-party developers—all tightly integrated with “OK Google” hands-free speech recognition and Google Assistant. And Android has been on the market for a decade, with a major new release every year, each incorporating significant improvements to the platform’s stability, usability, and security. It’s frankly hard to see how automakers using AGL—or other infotainment platforms—will be able to keep up with Google.

The update includes Android Auto

An operation as simple as crossing a toll barrier or a road works zone, represents a major challenge for autonomous cars to provide continuous travel in eyes-off/hands-off mode.