Software-defined vehicles drive revamped design strategies

Automated driving, electrification, cloud computing and the push toward software-defined vehicles are forcing automotive and commercial-vehicle developers to revamp design strategies. Tools suppliers are moving to help engineers develop and verify solutions that address the complete vehicle environment, a task that requires a growing number of design tools.

During the recent dSPACE World Conference in Munich, Germany, several vehicle manufacturers described their strategies for coping with these trends. dSPACE, which supplies hardware/software-in-the-loop (HIL/SIL) tools, announced plans to see if tool makers can find a way to help developers by making it easier to integrate data created using different development software.