Shifting tectonic plates in the automotive industry are attracting new vendors and disrupting established channels of collaboration and distribution. This has led to jostling for position among the big technology players in recent years, including telco equipment makers as they seek to establish their footing in a sector increasing dominated by data analytics and wireless communications in the erratic march towards autonomous driving and domination by electric vehicles (EVs). Huawei and Samsung have most recently exposed the turbulence they have been experiencing with significant recasting of their strategies. For Huawei, teething troubles have resulted from failure of Chinese automaker partner Seres, with the first model jointly produced, the SF5, having to be replaced by a later EV, after suffering…