From the article:

> it's still dependent on an iPad or iPhone to work.

I think this is a good thing. You can keep your car for 5 or 10 years and update some of its software every 2 years with a new phone.

Right now the touchscreen UI of a car is the first thing that looks dated.

Assuming that the platform is supported when the manufacturers have sold it. From experience with owning a few cars that are software driven (Fiat I'm looking at you), the manufacturer will disown electrical problems the moment it is sold. Support past a year or two (the warranty) isn't going to happen.

The current touch screen UIs are built as typical embedded systems with long lifecycles. The new ones are consumer devices. The two don't belong in the same space.