From BayStBull on STexcerpt from John Chen at CES 2018 now seems to be a reality.
"Additionally, we have been emphasizing for more than a year the importance of securing embedded design wins for BlackBerry QNX to serve as the safety-certified foundational operating system for connected and autonomous vehicles. Victories here give BlackBerry a second very powerful growth engine to complement our larger enterprise business. The connected transportation future is an opportunity that plays to our historical strengths, that we believe BlackBerry is uniquely positioned to capture, and one where the pace of our progress has visibly accelerated of late."
What a visionary and farsighted CEO.