Vehicle middleware

A vehicle, comprising:

• a non-transient, tangible computer readable memory;
• a computational module selector to identify and select a computational module from among plural computation modules in communication with the computational module selector to perform a selected task, operation, and/or function, the selected task, operation, and/or function having performance requirements, wherein each of the plural computation modules has processing capabilities and operating system capabilities;
• wherein at least a pair of the plural computation modules has non-identical processing capabilities wherein one of the pair has a cellular capability and the other of the pair does not have a cellular capability;
• a network selector module to select one of plural communication networks local to the vehicle for transmitting a selected signal and wherein the network selector module selects one of plural communication networks local to the vehicle for transmitting a selected signal based on one or more of network/node status, signal/noise ratio, type of signal, available and/or unavailable bandwidth, network performance parameter(s), and quality of service, wherein the network selector module configures the selected signal in accordance with the selected network's transmission protocol;
• wherein the computational module selector selects a computational module from among the plural computation modules that has processing capabilities that satisfy the performance requirements of the selected task, operation, and/or function;
• wherein each of the computational module selector, computation modules and the network selector module are stored in the non-transient, tangible computer readable memory.