Big crystal ball gazing now (& maybe a bit off topic, my apologies to all but one day you never know lol..), do you think if the oem's fully get their way on the ip/tech sharing, can this sort of stuff actually lead to the eventual demise of private car/vehicle ownership a long way down the track where only leasing or worse ie: syndicated transport services is only possible?
There has been talk in the media of corparatisation of private car ownership -
https://www.mynrma.com.au/community/...nership-report -
"Building on the popularity of new mobility services like Uber and GoGet, the report states that as autonomous vehicles become more prolific, Australian households will own fewer cars.
Instead, households may opt for subscription-based transport services allowing people to tailor their vehicle choice to the individual journey."
Theres also a NRMA pdf from August 2017 called "The future of car ownership" which has their own take on this future issue were AV's rule the roads one day with perhaps other consequences I'm not happy about..
cheers, Maka