1977 -- Oldsmobile Toronado computer unit for spark-plug timing

• 1977 -- Oldsmobile Toronado computer unit for spark-plug timing

• 1978 – Cadillac Seville installs a Motorola chip in its Trip Odometer

• 1980 -- Delphi Powertrain Systems for emissions systems

• Electronics, as a percentage of vehicle costs, climbed to 30% percent in 2010 from 5 percent in the late 1970s — and could reach 50% by 2030 (Statista, 2015).

• 100 or more computers weighing up to 200 pounds and as many as 26 miles of wiring with up to 100 million lines of computer code (Charette, 2009).