[RamblingCTO]

Cars already are quite heavy computers and have been for ages. It's not like a new development. They have control units, component control units, the radio, bla bla bla. Lot's of integrated stuff.

[chadlavi]

Of course. But driving a car doesn't need a user-facing OS. It shouldn't feel like using a computer to drive a car. Am I misunderstanding the car operating system they were working on? I thought it was to facilitate UI on touchscreen controls not just low-level systems.

[b112]

The only user facing OS, should be a touch screen you can use with your phone, and use with steering wheel buttons.

Everything else is sensless. Just get out of the way, let us use our phones or tablets.

[konschubert]

Exactly. There is a user-facing “infotainment” system including comfort functions and there is the safety-critical real-time embedded stuff.

Volkswagen made the mistake of coupling these two.

[jeffrallen]

Cars are networks of small, light, robust, old computers made by lots of different suppliers who are not "car companies".