This week Ford announced it would lay off 30,000 workers and close 14 plants, and GM reported an annual loss of $8.6 billion, its worst financial results since 1992. So a DSO.com story on the auto industry, posted earlier this week, turns out to be even timelier than we had expected it to be.
Our story, The Auto Industry Hits Reset, by contributor Nicole Lewis, explores how automakers are upgrading their relationships with device software and hardware suppliers as their vehicles become rolling infotainment centers.
Last month Nicole gave us an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at Toyota's recall of 75,000 Prius hybrid cars after a software glitch caused some cars to stall and shut down. According to Nicole's report, Behind Toyota's Software Recall, the problems at Toyota are not the Japanese carmaker's alone, but have serious implications for the entire industry.
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