Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) will dominate the roadways in the upcoming years and decades. Using software instead of hardware to control a vehicle makes it easier to maintain or upgrade remotely, and it also makes it easier to develop the technology needed for cars to communicate with their surroundings and each other.
Standardization Project Underway
Panasonic Automotive Systems has announced that it will team up with chipmaker Arm to create a standard SDV system. This would allow software providers to work with multiple vendors across a number of makes and models to provide a base level of features.
Benefits of SDV Standardization
There are multiple potential benefits to having a standard SDV system, such as streamlining the development of new technologies. Ultimately, this means that it will cost less to create and deploy because there won't be a need to create more than one item for each individual platform on the market today.
In addition, having one framework to contend with means that it will be faster and easier to scale new technology. This is because it will be more accessible to a greater number of market participants.
Finally, having a single framework can make it easier to regulate in a reasonable manner. Ultimately, it will be easier for researchers, manufacturers, and others to develop products that comply with what will likely be a changing automotive landscape in the years and decades to come.
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