The car industry needs to embrace open source

One of the ways that they are already doing this is in their use of open source components. This software is written and maintained by the open source community and made available for reuse by others so long as they follow their licenses. Open source components are essentially the building blocks of software, comprising between 60-80 percent of the code base in modern applications. When coding with open source, developers need to ensure that they are not using components with known vulnerabilities. If automakers are going to successfully utilize open source components, they are going to have to play by the rules.

Trump's tariff threats suddenly look very real in the heartland of Germany's car industry

☰EuropeTrump's tariff threats suddenly look very real in the heartland of Germany's car industryEmployees work on a Porsche 911 sportscar on an assembly line in Stuttgart, Germany. It's a one-way street."On Friday, Trump suggested that auto tariffs would come in response to European trade practices. The region may send many goods to the United States, but it is also a major purchaser of U.S. services, particularly in technology. "People will still buy German cars," said Andreas Kramski, chief executive of a family business that makes billions of parts annually for auto manufacturers worldwide. "It wouldn't be very patriotic for an American to say, but it's a matter of fact: German cars are just better."Luisa Beck in Berlin contributed to this report.

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