Most of the adjustments occurring within the automotive market at this time, including tightened credit score markets in a capital-intensive trade and elevated authorities involvement are the latest world challenges. During World Battle I the productive capability of the automotive business first demonstrated its army worth. Motor vehicles have been used extensively for transport and supply. In addition, automotive vegetation might readily be converted into services for manufacturing military tools, together with tanks and aircraft. For all the belligerents the conversion of automotive services was an afterthought, improvised after the start of hostilities, and the American business, concerned only for a short time, by no means fully utilized its capacity.
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Volvo, Qualcomm, Google are teaming up to make car infotainment even more smartphone-like than ever. If Wintel (Windows plus Intel) is the default software+hardware combo of the PC era, then the smartphone equivalent has got to be Android and Qualcomm (Andcom? Qualdroid?). Volvo is bringing this combo to the upcoming Polestar 3 electric SUV, which is due sometime in 2022. We also got a sneak peek at what the new interface would look like.
Volvo’s Polestar 2 was the first to ship Google’s Android Automotive OS in a car. Unlike Android Auto or Apple’s CarPlay, which run on your smartphone, Android Automotive OS has a custom version of Android preinstalled on the car, as the main car infotainment OS. Even if you have an iPhone, your car still runs Android. The Polestar 2