Automotive
Software-defined vehicles, connected-car platforms, the aftermarket's data fight, and AI both inside the cabin and behind the warranty desk.
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The software-defined vehicle is an integration problem wearing a compute costume
Zonal architecture, service-oriented in-vehicle networks and central compute get the attention. The thing that actually decides whether a programme ships is whether four organisations can agree on an interface.
AI in automotive: three different industries wearing one buzzword
Perception stacks, cabin assistants and warranty analytics share a phrase and almost nothing else — different data, different risk, different economics. Conflating them is how budgets get spent badly.
The aftermarket runs on data it does not own
Independent repair built an industry on a diagnostic port that is quietly being replaced by an API somebody else controls. The technical question — in-vehicle interface or extended vehicle — decides who gets paid.