High-tech cars bring Detroit, Silicon Valley face to face - Monterey County Herald
Tech companies -- looking to grow and sensing an industry that's ripe for disruption -- are heading to Detroit to better understand the auto industry and get their software embedded into cars. Santa Clara-based Nvidia was best known for making chips for computer games before it got into the car business. For their part, the automakers are learning that rolling out cars that remain static for years until the next model comes out is no longer practical. At the insistence of tech companies such as Telenav and Nvidia, they're learning to make cars with navigation, infotainment and other features that can be constantly updated. Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, Toyota, BMW, and others can now update vehicle software wirelessly to fix problems or add more capability. Source: www.montereyherald.com
