Mercedes does not work on cars Google and Apple

Posted on 18-09-2015 at 8:45 by MauritsH – 42 Comments”

Says the man with the most impressive moustache of almost the entire automotive industry.

Indeed, Dieter Zetsche. The boss of Daimler at the IAA a few tough decisions to escape from under his tight bijgepunte facial hair, that are mainly aimed at the autoplannen that the companies Apple and Google have.

The automotive future plans of Google seem to be fairly concrete (you know, that autonomous koala bear), but what Apple exactly in his shield performs is not yet entirely clear. Small bet: something expensive, electrically and with charging cables that have no way to adjust and very quickly go broke. Just kidding.

Both companies are, however, huge in size and sit on a proportionate large bag with money. According to the New York Times is the chance then that Apple and Google to play a leading role in autoland, and the existing manufacturers are degraded to suppliers of hardware, to the doomsday scenario just very briefly describe. Say a little such as Foxconn is to Apple does.

Dieter Zetsche has already let slip that he Daimler will not let you degrade to hardware vendor of the two tech-giants. In addition, he says firmly that the brain of the car can’t be replaced with iOS or Android. At the same time, ask for more stringent laws and regulations relating to cars to be more and more complex software. Think of connectivity as CarPlay.

The relationship between the tech and automobile companies is growing, but perhaps it is a good idea as the Silicon Valley and Cupertino themselves more emphatically with the autonomous stuff and the car industry in general is going to interfere.