GM is already in the midst of developing and launching a host of new vehicles and hardware as it moves towards an all-electric future. However, these innovations will also require new software systems to back them. To that end, GM and Red Hat Inc. have announced a collaborative effort to expand the automaker’s software-defined vehicle programs and further evolve the GM Ultifi software platform.
“General Motors is now a platform company and working with Red Hat is a critical element in advancing our Ultifi software development,” said GM vice president, Software-Defined Vehicle and Operating System, Scott Miller. “Incorporating the company’s expertise in open source solutions and enterprise networks will pay dividends as we aim to provide the most developer-friendly software platform in the industry.”
Given the extensive requirements of current in-vehicle software systems, such as cybersecurity protections and safety system certifications, development processes and software updates can be both lengthy and costly. As such, this new collaborative effort between GM and Red Hat aims to simply the process and make system updates more frequent through the implementation of continuous functional-safety certification in the GM Ultifi platform, plus incorporating open-source, Linux-based, and cloud-native technologies.
“By collaborating with GM on the Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System, we intend to bring the era of open source to the automotive world, benefiting automakers, ecosystem partners, and consumers,” said Red Hat vice president and general manager, In-Vehicle Operating System and Edge, Francis Chow.
The new software will integrate with a wealth of onboard systems, including vehicle control, connectivity, infotainment, and driver assists. Additionally, the platform is expected to open up new opportunities for fresh services, business models, and revenue streams.
The GM Ultifi end-to-end vehicle software platform is expected to launch in 2023, with Red Hat contributing towards this goal. As covered previously, GM intends on adding 50 new in-vehicle digital services by 2026.
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… something really do not need a TV inside a car… those chip plates when broken cost a lot the replace.
… for me a very simple dashboard is enough.
May want to brush up on your English grammar.
no, i do to urs fck u
So we’re going for more in vehicle services so we can have more distractions so we can have more wrecks. Sounds great. Oh I guess that’s so they can add more safety features so the drivers don’t have to pay attention. Great idea. Glad I’m over sixty, maybe I can drive the cars I have till I croak off, if they don’t do something to keep me from it.
I’m an over sixty years old driver.
I love the new safety features cars like my 2020 Bolt provide.
The stayed goal of many of these tech / auto companies is full autonomous driving . I’ve read in 20 years they envision no self driving by law . Go down the rabbit whole of googling “vision zero initiative “ and you will find that leftist groups are already trying to say that motorist are murderers and a car is not dangerous than a gun and thus should be banned
I am very intrigued by the statement.
So now car manufacturers are Politically driving to make Full Autonomous which is the Holy Grail of the Auto sector for many years. I mean GM had commercials back in the 1950’s of you getting in you vehicle and playing games with your family while the Car drove itself.
Man WTF is happening in this Country where now every single thing is somehow Politically driven…Did I miss something?
So would a manual vehicle lean Red and an Autonomous vehicle lean Blue?
Just want to make sure I understand is all.
Also if I am manually driving my car at that moment am I personally leaning republican but as soon as I switch Autopilot on do I then lean Democratic?
Pretty much. Yeah
Very clearly two entirely different mindsets. People who like to be in control of their own lives and sheeple.
It’s so all those “insurectionist” taking selfies in the capital when they get back to their car, it will automatically take them to FBI headquarters 🤣🤣🤣
What’s going on in this country is chinas policy known as “elite capture,” basically China using their slave army of “citizens” to entice businesses but only allow business with strings attached. Those businesses who don’t take then bait and entrap themselfs on China native soil, Chinese investment companies go out and spend easy money, but require their guys on the board.
GM Inst choosing this because their customers want this, it’s because their biggest stock owners, hedge funds like Blackrock, vanguard and citi group all take marching orders from our #1 enemy.
Not only is everything political, it’s also strategic. We’re technically on what will be known by history as stage 2 of WW3
No. I would consider myself a republican over all, however give me these EVs, smart driving, and high quality autos. High end EVs are without a doubt the new American Dream, and changing the way we experience long distance drives for the better. I’ll never go back to gas. NEVer. It needs to stop being a political issue, because it really isn’t. People just want to believe it is. It helps dehumanize whoever any side is hating at the given moment.
Even as recent as the early ’90s I remember despite political charged events back then (LA Riots, Branch Dividen, Gulf War, ’92 elections) the overall attitude of the nation was looking forward together even with your differences not “I’m right, therefore I’ll rule over you” like you have today. In other words the struggle of either a Right Wing or Left Wing 1984.
Those were the days. Do unto others and all that. We were collectively all Americans.
But you hit the nail on the head. Now, it’s Left Wing 1984. This is a choice people willingly make. So sorry for them.
The real 1984 marked much better times. America was still America then. We were still whole. They still made cars regular Americans could afford. The middle class wasn’t on life support. Tech hadn’t yet rotted everyone’s brain and driven the cost of modest suburban tract homes into the multi-millions. Ahh, the good old days…
And to think, lefties used to call Reagan senile. He was one of the greatest orators history has known. Now look at who we have steering the country straight into a ditch with full backing of the 1984 crowd. Anything but the Orange Man for them. Literally anything. Including not ruling out food lines and WWIII. Just give us our tech and misinformation!
I smell hacking incoming. SUDO root
So you think a windows O/S would be more secure? LMAO
Ironically yes…. It would loose network connection through a corrupted driver 😂 your speedometer would probably freeze so pick your speed…
Funny they are calling it red hat. I thought they changed their name to fedora.
Nope, red hat is a (well primary) sponsor of the fedora project. My big disappointment with them was the discontinuation of CentOS. It was a unsupported version of rhel. I use ubuntu mainly now.
My Ford Fusion Hybrid uses Windows and it locks up a few times a year. I prefer Linux as I know many versions of Unix and Linux since 1982. My favorite is AIX by IBM. It is the version running on Pathfinder on Mars. BTW, Android is a version of Linux.
Never said that, just saying no OS is secure!
I must be getting old but I thought that “Red Hat” was an elderly ladies organization that met at foo-foo restaurants to socialize?
It is, that’s why GM reveres it…
This is exciting news, key words here – open source. By GNU rules linux source must remain available to others. If I can plug into my system and make asjustments all the better.
I have made an entire career developing for Unix, and now Linux. This is a huge step forward in innovation.
Hope I live long enough to experience it.
You must know that even under gnu there can be binary blobs. That is most evident perhaps with R-Pi’s. The graphics/camera are binary blobs. So any changes to the kernel will need to be published, but not add ons. And I suspect you’ll need to know the details of the add ons to make changes. But I like your handle. Been using C and C only for decades. Although I think Rust is starting to creep into the kernel.
Tesla is 10 years ahead of this junk.
You’re right, why wait for junk when Tesla’s cult junk is available today!.
50 years.
GM Kills almost every collaborator…
GM Killed Pontiac.
GM Killed Oldsmobile.
GM Killed Saturn.
GM Killed SAAB.
GM tried to Kill Opel, left it on life support.
GM tried very hard to Kill Lotus, but failed.
GM then started Killing Americans, and succeeded wildly.
GM collaborations are doomed. But hey, GM is the EV leader says Mary Barra, so it must be true.
You forgot the Toyota GM collab where they made camrys and corollas. NUM.