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J.D. Power: quality takes a back seat to innovation as problems reach a record high

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Power The US Initial Quality Study, now in its 37 th year, is based this year on responses from 93,380 purchasers and lessees of new 2023 model-year vehicles who were surveyed early in the ownership period. PP100 gap exists between vehicles that have an Android Automotive OS without Google Automotive Services (51.1

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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In 2017, Ford announced it would invest $1 billion over five years in Argo AI—an artificial intelligence software startup founded by former Google and Uber leaders—to develop an SAE Level 4 virtual driver system for the automaker’s autonomous vehicle coming in 2021, and for potential license to other companies. Earlier post.).

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

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Furthermore, BMW does not believe customers will purchase an EV based on its underlying EV platform alone. Another reason VW chose to build its own OS instead of using something like Google's Android OS (which Ford and GM are doing) is to keep tight control over vehicle data that can be monetized in the future.