Building full virtual vehicles on Google Cloud: From AAOS to the smallest MCU

Imagining traditional gearheads getting their hands on software-defined vehicles is an amusing thought experiment. With their socket wrenches and air compressors at the ready, they might be confused to encounter core functions more likely to run on 1s and 0s than oil and belts. But across the auto industry these days, more and more vehicles feature prominent systems built using cloud-native development, continuous integration/continuous delivery, fast digital iteration, and plenty of AI. But there’s still a big gap to be found in many automakers’ and Tier 1 suppliers’ cloud-based development p