BMW is asking other car producers to sign up in the effort.
But four other car producers that along with BMW needed part in the panel discussion Tuesday at Convergence 2008, a meeting on automotive electronics, aren't as far along inside their deliberation over an empty-source platform.
In the five panelists, only BMW's mentioned that his company may have an empty-source platform within the vehicle of 200,000 or maybe more models over the following five to seven years.
Electrical and electronics engineers from BMW, Chrysler, Ford Motor, Vehicle and Honda R&D participated round the panel.
Outdoors-source A linux systemunix was created by BMW, Wind River Systems Corporation. and Apple Corp. for your in-vehicle infotainment market.
"I had been convinced we wanted to build up an empty platform that will enable open software since the speed inside the infotainment and entertainment industry requires us to become a considerably faster track," mentioned Gunter Reichart, BMW v . p . of driver assistance, body electronics and electrical systems. "We invite other OEMs to sign up around, to change around. We are open to exchange with others.In .
An empty-source platform fosters innovation by enabling software providers and Linux clients to speak about ideas, fix problems and lead code. It seems sensible a platform that gives plug-and-play compatibility for infotainment products in the vendor.
