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Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
No one has it easy, but some companies are doing a whole lot better than others. Still, the road ahead is a long one.
"Zonal architectures" are the next big thing in electrical system design, allowing companies to reduce complexity by running almost all functions through one of a few core computers distributed throughout the vehicle. Engineers at GM, Ford and Toyota have spent decades using an approach to software that was silo’d, minimally tolerant of risk and designed to remain unchanged through the vehicle’s 20-year life cycle. Plus, as Ford SDV project boss Doug Field tells The Verge, slower-than-expected EV sales mean they need to build systems that can also work with internal-combustion vehicles.
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