Hmm, most would have considered some of the claims here as false few years ago.
Have to learn more about this cryptocurrency to understand why it was surprisingly chosen by a large car company as a preferred platform amongst many popular blockchains
Not really a surprise as IOTA has partnered with other car companies and players in IOT. Most, well all, other cryptocurrencies aren't suitable for IOT as they charge fees, aren't designed to work with IOT devices, can't scale to IOT levels or still don't even have a mainnet. I've posted this 3 times in the last week, but here it goes again
http://iotaarchive.com/If you're surprised by this week's announcement, you haven't been paying attention to the IOT sector.