Industry must summon 'courage' in its shift to software-defined vehicles; Exec: Carmakers have to break some rules

While automakers are good at managing complexity, they need to break some rules and change processes to adapt to the radically new landscape of software-defined vehicles, said Alejandro Vukotich, vice president of product management at Qualcomm. The transition to software-defined vehicles is now inevitable for automakers, Celine Laurent-Winter, vice president of connected vehicle platforms at BMW, said. BMW Group has been able to avoid the launch-delaying software stumbles that have stung rivals such as Volkswagen Group's Audi brand and Volvo Cars because it has handled software in-house for a decade, the automaker's connected car chief, Stephan Durach, told Automotive News Europe separately.