I do not see any indication in the article that Rust is used in safety critical components:
"And it happened to run on the architecture that was best supported in the embedded bare metal space of Rust at the time. It was also not safety critical component, so we did not have to worry about safety certifications."
I find the article very low on actual information. I don't think Rust will be used in an ABS soon. The Android/Elixir/Rust examples in the article are for the useless gadgets that no one wants.
The article says that they need approval to use Rust in safety critical components and you get approval by showing Rust is working in other places. They say in the article that one of the reasons they chose Rust was for it's safety-first approach which matches well with Volvo's ideology.
> I thought this would be useful for Volvo Cars because it embodies the same type of Ideology that you want when you’re developing safety-critical software.
So I think "Makes sense that one of the most safety focused manufacturers would go for it." is accurate.
"And it happened to run on the architecture that was best supported in the embedded bare metal space of Rust at the time. It was also not safety critical component, so we did not have to worry about safety certifications."
I find the article very low on actual information. I don't think Rust will be used in an ABS soon. The Android/Elixir/Rust examples in the article are for the useless gadgets that no one wants.