VSDP allows for applications to be coded once for a variety of hardware platforms including Renesas, Cohda and Arada/Lear.

Source: safecarnews.com

This all runs on Renesas V2X hardware as I can see. Good partnership to move DSRC forward.

his team found 42 companies offering over-the-air updates for cars. All, Jones said, were “essentially doing the exact same thing.”

Source: www.autonews.com

Will it “take a village” to stop the wasted engineering? A standard with production ready code would help.

significant cultural change (which many expect will accompany self-driving car introduction) that could reduce the lifestyle statement or fashion element in vehicles’ built-in-obsolescence

Source: www.autelligence.com

The multi billion currency value of the auto industry to the world economy is at stake, I wonder how many realize the potential impact on everything.

“Your smartphone, you’re not sharing it. It’s becoming more and more a personal object,” Mr. Klein said.

Source: www.theglobeandmail.com

Try wrestling a phone out of a teenager’s hands and you’ll agree with Mr. Klein. Not sure if its about privacy or personalization, but phone sharing does not happen. Will car sharing? It might if all your personal data stays on your phone, including your vehicle configuration.

methods for security testing and improving protocol, including the advantages of open source software in developing secure code

Source: www.linkedin.com

Open, yet secure. I wonder what Tim Cook thinks of that?

Because we think before we put out a vehicle that we say is autonomous, it has to really be autonomous. Which means it’s got to be safe and it’s got to be able to take the driver out of the loop

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

I think there is a reason most car development is in Detroit or other difficult climates. Silicon Valley is too easy on your car without snow or storms.

Robot Taxi plans to take on Japan’s famously immaculate cabs in urban centres and remote, rural towns

Source: finance.yahoo.com

I’ve always heard the Olympics does little for the host city’s economic growth, but the residual infrastructure upgrades can last decades. I wonder if this will be the change signal?

Source: www.scoop.it

Please enjoy this report on the Automotive World event in Dearborn where Renesas participated last week.

Where a human’s nose has up to 5 million olfactory receptors, a dog’s can have up to 300 million.

Source: blog.caranddriver.com

I wonder if they’ll try to take the autonomous car out for a spin as the only passenger, or will they still want to be with us as best friends.