Renault - The Car as a Platform

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Volvo has a anti driver distraction system, so your phone won't ring when you are executing turns, or near a school.

The usual navigation aids come to mind such as traffic reports.

Other useful things might be Siri-like reminder to buy milk on the way home, or ask you why you haven't picked up your kids from school.

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Sorry, the platform is ugly and expensive. It will also never be the same as the original platforms. My Dad was a hacker before I was even born. He hacked on 50's - 70's Chevy's mostly. That was the kids freedom back in the day. Like an aircraft carrier to the U.S. it was their own moving piece of sovereign territory. Their cars had muscle, style and they were easily hackable. They had radios which would blare rock'n roll which their parents may not have approved of. They had back seats which were where many of the modern hackers (me for sure) were conceived. Today, we have the internet and cell phones. We can spin up a server for next to nothing. An Iphone is expensive enough. A !!!!ing Renault? No thanks.

Look at the bright side ... Maybe one day we can download a driverless app to the car . That will be something

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