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Car manufacturers have been knee-deep in electronics and sw for decades now. 50% of all engineering work on a new car is sw and virtually no function in a modern car is not at least partially controlled by sw. The industry is in the process of switching onboard communication to TCP/IP on ethernet and switching the electronic architecture to pc-like nodes running linux. Linux is the state of the art in infotainment already.

And no offense, but your point about the people in the automotive industry is nonsensical. Only a tiny fraction of engineers are working on the drivetrain and most of even those people would take offense at being called ludites. In fact, electric drivetrains are (and have been for years) one of the big hypes in the industry.