A Tesla Model 3 vehicle on an auto carrier in front of a store in Rocklin, California. (Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
Around 100 years ago, automobiles were largely about mechanical components, thermodynamics and combustion technology. Somewhere in the 1990s, software-driven electronics started improving quality of engines and brakes. Now, the software and computing power has taken over.Instead of supporting the car, software now defines the car, according to Anup Sable, chief technology officer at KPIT Technologies Ltd., a software provider to the ...