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"..The auto industry is microcosm of the forces that will shape this decade: technological change, climate, the rise of Asia, reshoring and geopolitics’: an insightful view of the state-of-the-art and of the “paradigm shift” in the  car industry from one of the finest macro-economic commentators, Deloitte’s Chief Economist Ian Stewart."

"..As Baidu founder Robin Li told me back in 2016, autonomous driving releases an absolute gold mine’ or, maybe, of an even more precious but dangerous rare metal?"

"..All of AI, not just healthcare, has a proof-of-concept-to-production gap’, says AI veteran Andrew Ng. The gap exists throughout the machine learning world. He mentions ’showing safety’ as the culminating criterion for production readiness. Surely it rings a bell in the car industry?"

"..It looks like that congested road junctions and motorways are not as friendly as carriers’ decks to electronically heavily laden vehicles. Who would have thought that?"

".. It happens that an interview with a veteran pilot tester for autonomous cars looks more like a script for a new Netflix SciFi series than a technology state-of-the-art survey. It starts with a slightly sinister sounding Distronic adaptive cruise control to finish off with decapitated beta-passengers and killer robocars. Bets are open for series name… Rear Black Mirror? Autocrash? Altered Car? Brave New Traffic? .."

".. In 1991 Geoffrey Moore published his seminal book on technology marketing, “Crossing the Chasm”. Thirty years later, chasms are still with us, rebranded as "Troughs of Disillusionment”..."

"..It seems that two categories of things are particularly reluctant to be put under control in the land of the free: assault weapons and autonomous vehicles."

"..Requirements analysis? Who said requirements analysis?"

"..A gentle reminder that Over-The-Air is not a trivial SW delivery method (even where there is no air and nobody can hear you scream)."

"..Looks like a perfect mini-storm at the intersection of software Quality and Safety, causing the recall of 1.29 million vehicles."

"..It seems that, after all, Tesla’s Full Self Driving is just a "representative of SAE L2”. Not according to competitors or detractors, but to Tesla itself."

"..Safety and Security are becoming more and more entangled by the day."

..During his seminal Welcome Note at the Automotive SYS Conference in Berlin, in July 2014, Dr. Ulrich Eichhorn, then VDA Managing Director, announced that the car of the future would be: "electric, connected, autonomous”. Today, Molex’s survey of automotive decision makers reveals "electrification, connectivity, and passenger safety" as the top innovation areas. Spot the little change in the list?

"..It’s claimed that the autonomous driving system detects other vehicles and calculates their trajectories twice as far out as professional truck drivers. It’s hoped that many other good arguments build up the overall system's Safety Case."

"..in mission-critical environments such as aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and automotive, brittle software means a body count.” …not necessarily so: if you’re in unmanned mission-critical areas it might simply mean billion dollars count. if you’re in safety-critical areas, you’ll also count  casualties and penalties.

"..New suppliers coming from the consumer electronics world are simply not accustomed to meeting the needs of the auto industry” ...not that surprising that reliability, safety and software issues are plaguing EV ramp-up.

"..Ah, those pesky safety issues again."

"..Good to see that in the race to higher Automated Driving Levels safety is still actively pursued and not claimed as a by-product."

"..Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the rashest of them all?"

"..Predictably Tesla has attracted many commenters all over the world, over a full spectrum; from knee-jerk bootlickers to cautious admirers, from concerned specialists to harsh detractors. Then there is Elon’s nemesis, Michael DeKort."

"..From IP design to foundry’s physical signoffs, it seems that ASIL specific FuSa-guaranteed support is the new must for semiconductor marketing in the automotive arena."