"There are some brands really using Google's automotive services; this is not our strategy. When you do this, you get a great package of function and services, no doubt. But you also have to open up all the car's sensor data [to Google], and when I say all, it really is all sensor data"

Keep Google out of your cars.

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@Antanicus This reminds me of the famous Anssi Vanjoki (former head of Nokia’s smartphone division) 2010 quote that mobile phone makers who adopt Google’s software are like Finnish boys who“pee in their pants” for warmth in the winter (source: ft.com/content/bc2fd7d8-c55d-1). he was right, but Nokia went to the sink none the less. this time if VW goes in the sink all Europe will pay

@paolog as long as the EU will stick to the neoliberal agenda (also known as the Washington consensus) things will never change. Google and Apple reached such a scale that only massive public investment in open source and open hardware initiatives can hope to counteract the lock-in effect. And even that will be pointless without proper education of the user base

@Antanicus Open source comes from the same roots as economic liberalism; actually G. and A. reached that scale thanks to both free trade and free software. Users don't listen to the experts anymore because we're all experts in everything! Take me: with my world-scale-strategic-R&D-consultant hat on I tell you that European companies should beat their Chinese and US competitors by innovating. Let's discuss about #FP7 and #Horizon2020 ...

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> For instance, some models simply won't run if the infotainment system is broken; the navigation GPS provides the vehicle's master time counter, and without that, the powertrain won't function.

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