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As the industry evolves to software-defined vehicles, it needs to manage complex vehicle software architectures, and consolidate hardware, software, and cloud services into next-generation vehicle platforms and components in a secure and safe way.

Benefits

Explore the benefits of working with AWS for Automotive

Holistic capabilities including 5G/MEC for seamless development and deployment of software to and from the vehicle, and where low latency computing is being brought to the telecom network edge for automotive safety use cases.
Provide a normalized, consistent, secure data access layer that allows developers to create new insights and microservices.
Over-the-air (OTA) updates allow new vehicle functions to be continuously delivered to help drive down warranty costs.
Scale testing in the cloud for improved software quality and safety while shortening time to deploy.

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Customer stories

Learn how leading automotive companies are transforming their businesses with AWS Software-Defined Vehicle solutions.

Continental Automotive Edge

A YouTube thumbnail image showing a person in a black turtleneck standing in an office environment, with the text 'Timo Bierwirth, Global Account Manager (Automotive), AWS' displayed in the lower third. Continental Automotive Edge (CAEdge) is a modular hardware and software platform that connects the vehicle to the cloud, providing automakers with a development environment that can help increase efficiency and accelerate software development. Read the blog

BlackBerry IVY, the intelligent vehicle data platform

YouTube thumbnail image for an AWS business strategy video, showing a professionally dressed individual seated indoors with an orange couch and pillows in the background. The left corner overlay displays 'Nick Lefler, Leader of Business Strategy, AWS.' BlackBerry IVY™ is an in-vehicle software platform that standardizes data from across all systems in the vehicle and enables ML processing at the vehicle edge. This creates new data-driven services, reduces operational costs, and creates new business and driver value. Read the blog

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Resources

Check out AWS Automotive blog posts, videos, podcasts, and other resources to learn more and stay up to date on the latest developments.

The Hidden Costs of Software-Defined Vehicles

A minimalist line art illustration of a car in motion, representing the concept of hidden costs in automotive software and machine learning. Due to significant disruption not only to consumer automotive competitive markets, but also to the extensive supporting supply chain, OEMs now dedicate significant resources to software research and development to remain competitive. OEMs are spending their software R&D budgets on a combination of new features and control over their vehicle systems and features. In this whitepaper and webinar broadcast, get a deep dive into a practical approach to vehicle OS development. Read the whitepaper »

Accelerating SDV through Cloud-To-Vehicle Edge Environmental Parity

Title slide for a session on accelerating software-defined vehicles through cloud-to-vehicle edge environmental parity, presented by Girish Shirasat and Stefano Marzani. This whitepaper from Arm and AWS discusses how similar computing environments for development in the cloud and for execution in the car can reduce cross compilation and verification effort for automotive software. Read the whitepaper »

AWS Edge-to-Cloud Approach to Drive a New Era of Software-Defined Vehicles

Interior of a car displaying network and IoT connectivity concepts, with icons representing cloud, wireless, navigation, and other connected features overlaid on the windshield and dashboard. Software will be the foundational aspect of digital transformation and software-defined vehicles will be the gateway to the future of mobility. It will be how automakers implement new business models, open up revenue streams, and offer differentiated customer experiences. Read the article »

Building a Scalable Standardized Pipeline for Automotive OTA on AWS

Diagram showing automakers, tier one integrators, and module/software suppliers in the automotive industry supply chain, with emphasis on scalable, standardized data flow and compliance using AWS solutions. In this blog, learn how Excelfore was able to use AWS services to deliver a scalable, secure, and easy-to-manage OTA solution for automotive OEM, Maruti Suzuki. Read the blog »

Harman Safe OTA

Logo of Harman, a Samsung company, with blue swoosh design and text 'A Samsung Company' below the main logo. Harman’s Safe OTA solution facilitates a safe OTA update by controlling the OTA process flow, so that certain stages in the flow are only allowed if certain conditions are met on the vehicle. Learn more »

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