New mobility is built on software

For OEMs and suppliers, this transition means moving from hardware with embedded software to software-defined hardware and services. High-performance computing enables centralized zonal E/E architectures, consolidating in-vehicle intelligence. Decoupling hardware and software, combined with AI, empowers cross-domain functionalities, requiring sophisticated software elements like operating systems and advanced vehicle software platforms for seamless integration.

At ETAS, we pave the way for you. With our vehicle software platform suite, development tools, and cybersecurity and diagnostic solutions for the software-defined vehicle.

The Vehicle Software Platform Suite from ETAS enables you to rapidly develop and deploy new applications for your software-defined vehicle. The Vehicle Software Platform Suite simplifies software development, integration, and updates across different vehicle zones, reducing costs and enabling faster innovation cycles.

• Compute basic software building blocks (AUTOSAR Adaptive and beyond) for mixed criticality applications
• Microcontroller platform solution (AUTOSAR Classic) for embedded real-time and safety applications
• ADAS/AD deterministic middleware solution
• Edge middleware solution for fast and cost-effective feature deployment

The software-defined vehicle presents new security challenges, including an increased attack surface, inherent software complexity, and a rapidly evolving threat landscape. ETAS offers comprehensive cybersecurity solutions that protect SDVs against cyberattacks and unauthorized access throughout their entire lifecycle.

• Automotive cross-domain security framework including ESCRYPT Vehicle Computer Security Suite
• Threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA), vulnerability management, and security testing
• Cybersecurity management systems to meet cybersecurity regulations and standards
• Continuous risk management through the ESCRYPT Intrusion detection and prevention solution (IDPS)

Software-defined vehicles create new demands and opportunities for vehicle diagnostics. Enhanced connectivity and onboard computing power enable health monitoring during operation, emphasizing information distribution and interpretation while shifting processes to the cloud. ETAS offers

• A cross lifecycle diagnostic platform featuring cloud-based vehicle monitoring, on-demand diagnostics, software updates, and predictive failure probability analysis.
• Service-Oriented Vehicle Diagnostics (SOVD) to enable fast, remote diagnostics, optimize repair processes, and unlock new service opportunities.

With the advent of the SDV, the need to balance security with the speed of innovation becomes apparent in the vehicle computer, the SDV's main component. In our white paper, we explain how an "automotive cross-domain security framework" can establish a zero trust paradigm for fully secure vehicle computers of the future.

This white paper explores time-sensitive networking (TSN) for in-vehicle Ethernet. It outlines a quality of service (QoS) framework and software-defined vehicle (SDV) use cases across DevOps lifecycles. Dedicated control is required for managing dynamic in-vehicle communication, both offboard and onboard. The Software-Defined Networking (SDN) approach could meet these architectural requirements.

You need to shift your software development into higher gears to make the SDV a reality. Software delivery performance is key to succeed in the race for future mobility. It allows you to integrate innovation faster and keeps vehicles competitive and up to date. With the solutions in our SDV portfolio, you can accelerate your software development using four key methods:

• ECU virtualization
• Containerization
• Cloud-based development toolchains
• Abstraction of hardware and underlying software layers

ETAS is a founding member of the "Software-Defined Vehicle Working Group" of the Eclipse Foundation, one of the world's largest open-source communities. Using a “code first” approach, the goal is to build one of the automotive industry’s first ever software stacks, along with associated development tools, for the core functions of a software-defined vehicle. These solutions will be made available to any company that wishes to use them for their own vehicle development.