Let’s take a step back when it comes to automotive software

Failing software strategies are negatively impacting automakers’ plans. Next to product delays, they have resulted in management turmoil as well as huge, largely ineffective investment The result: malfunctioning driver assistance systems, non-intuitive interfaces and unhappy customers. It’s all part of the software conundrum now facing the industry. So let’s stop putting software that doesn’t work […]

CEO change at VW: Why not empower an IT and software specialist?

With software and all things digital arguably the single most important factors in the successful transformation of the auto industry, isn’t it about time to appoint a tech guy at the head of a car company?

Tesla on top in latest innovation study

Tesla again leads the rankings in a new study on the innovation strengths major carmakers display in the area of battery-electric vehicles. Volkswagen Group came in second, followed by Hyundai in third place. The study conducted by Germany’s Center of Automotive Management (CAM) took a close look at more than 700 individual innovations that are […]

NY Auto Show cancellation gives pause for thought for Munich IAA

The cancellation of the New York Auto Show, scheduled for August 20-29, was not unexpected, but it sends a message to the organizers of IAA Mobility, the successor to the Frankfurt Auto Show, still on the calendar for early September in Munich. That message is clear: Think carefully whether the current phase of the Corona […]

A warning for the auto industry: Go digital or become a mere hardware provider

A senior German auto industry analyst warned this week that most global carmakers are not in good shape for the coming connectivity and autonomous-driving revolution. “Very few auto manufacturers have the overall strategic and technical competence,” said Stefan Bratzel, head of Germany’s Center of Automotive Management (CAM). Without that competence, he said, they will be […]