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Cars are turning into highly connected platforms as reliant on efficient and upgradeable software architecture as smartphones and laptops.
For carmakers, finding the right technology partner could mean simplifying a vehicle’s architecture and unlocking new revenue streams in the form of passenger entertainment and downloadable upgrades.
Sony Honda Mobility is another example of an auto-tech alliance gearing up to build the car of the future.
Qualcomm's Digital Chassis brings together a car’s various technology systems into an internet-connected platform.
The platform drastically lowers the number of electronic control units (ECUs) used to form the “brain” of a car.
By bundling more systems onto fewer chips, the system supposedly intends to save car makers money.
Qualcomm says it hopes the chassis will “inspire new business models for automakers” that go beyond merely selling and maintaining cars.
Fiskersaid in 2021 that Foxconn will help with product development, sourcing, and manufacturing, and that the partnership will enable his company to deliver products “at a price point that truly opens up electric mobility to the mass market” Finding a technology partner could soon be of utmost importance for car brands yet to fully embrace advanced infotainment, driver assistance, and connectivity systems.
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