German premium car makers BMW and Mercedes-Benz are hiring
software experts in a bid to compete with tech firms including Google and Uber,
in the race to develop the first self-driving car. Big Motoring World reviews
the move and what it could mean to future car technology.
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Experts in software are suddenly in high demand in the
automotive industry, with the battleground for the world’s self-driving car
becoming ever more competitive. The main issue for automakers is that cars need
lines of code to connect electric car motors to batteries, talk to smartphones
or activate brakes when a radar system detects an obstacle ahead.
The premium features such as autonomous driving and
car-sharing will be able to be matched by BMW and Mercedes with new expertise,
which would otherwise have not been possible.
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Companies are also in the process of buying others’ maps and
technologies in a way of monopolising the premium automotive industry, which
should increase jobs across the globe. In August, German automakers paid
Nokia £2.5billion for their maps.
BMW’s workforce increased by more than 6% at the end of June
from the same time last year, with plans to further increase before the end of
2015.
Malcolm Earp, chief executive at Magma People, a specialist
automotive recruitment company, explained the changing emphasis in the industry
to Economic Times India: "What car companies are doing is hiring people
generally from outside automotive. Some companies a few years ago didn't have a
connected car department. They all have that now.”
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