Bring innovation, disruption in-house

In-house or outsource? That is the question facing commercial-vehicle and off-highway manufacturers playing in this brave new world of big data, artificial intelligence and vehicles on the verge of becoming highly automated.

A profusion of tech and service providers are lining up to assist manufacturers when and where they need it, but several executives speaking at the recent SAE COMVEC Technology Connection conference indicated they'd prefer to keep as much knowledge and talent as possible, in-house.