Wow, this is huge. AI and the cloud have more short-term transformative potential for automotive product development, manufacturing and supply chain than AVs. Interesting consumer-facing moves here too, with unique Android-based "digital experiences" and an app ecosystem.
https://twitter.com/jimfarley98/status/1356276508621496320
In LUDICROUS I talk about the fact that an app ecosystem is more fundamental to the smartphone revolution than the hardware form factor or UI.
Here's Elon Musk telling Steve Jurvetson in 2009 that "we've got people like writing apps for the car". 🤷♂️
Here's Elon Musk telling Steve Jurvetson in 2009 that "we've got people like writing apps for the car". 🤷♂️
The first "smartphone on wheels" will not be the first car with a giant screen or a smartphone-inspired UI, but a car that has a robust and meaningful ecosystem of useful and popular third party apps. That opportunity is still out there!
Final thought on this: I'm going to declare victory in my years-long war on the "Silicon Valley vs Detroit" narrative. The way forward is obviously collaborative, requiring both tech and manufacturing working together, so maybe now we can look for epic narrative drama elsewhere?
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