Introducing the Open Automotive Alliance

http://www.openautoalliance.net/

by dded • 13 years ago

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joezydeco2• 13 years ago

So we're doing Open Handset Alliance 2.0?

gcb0• 13 years ago

Looks like from the little on the site.

I was hoping for something saner than CAN bus

dded• 13 years ago

Maybe more will be announced at CES, as hinted here: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-06/google-teams...

yaddayadda• 13 years ago

Momentary jubilation followed by 'blah'.

I saw the title and expected something like an alliance working on open source automobiles (e.g., http://wikispeed.org/the-car/).

ricardobeat• 13 years ago

I was hoping for some kind of better, open interface for engine data & other car systems :(

loganu• 13 years ago

I was hoping for a collection of designers and engineers working together to make an open, modular, chassis that could be worked upon. Maybe a discussion about best practices for serviceability, ergonomics, performance, cost-efficiencies, etc.

I had about 2 seconds from clicking the link to the page loading to think about that, and I'm feeling pretty let down. I know that the digital systems play a huge role in cars nowadays, but I just can't get excited about this.... yet?

joezydeco2• 13 years ago

Ford was showing more potential with OpenXC, but that was last year's CES hype generator that has pretty much fallen into the background:

http://www.androidcentral.com/ford-announces-openxc-sdk-andr...

codex• 13 years ago

This is the wrong approach. BMW has the right idea here: define an interface that lets a user's smartphone paint a car's built in LCD(s) and receive input from its joysticks. Then the car becomes agnostic to ever changing network, app, and graphics technology.

greglindahl• 13 years ago

Hard to imagine any Tesla owner (17" touchscreen) liking that strategy.

TazeTSchnitzel• 13 years ago

Just like the "Open" Handset "Alliance"?

blueskin_• 13 years ago

I'm interested in if this will improve embedded devices' often-abysmal security record.

Introducing the Open Automotive Alliance

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