Software-defined vehicle (SDV)

COVESA is an open, collaborative alliance focused on developing and advancing connected vehicle technologies. It brings together automakers, suppliers, and technology companies to define standards, share data models, and create interoperable solutions that enable new digital services. By developing common data approaches and technologies for connected vehicles and fostering a global ecosystem, COVESA helps accelerate innovation around in-vehicle experiences, connectivity, and cloud integration. Its work is a cornerstone for building scalable and sustainable digital services across the automotive industry.

The Eclipse Foundation is a leading open-source community that provides a vendor-neutral environment for collaborative software innovation. It hosts a number of strategic industry initiatives, including the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group, where automakers, suppliers, and technology leaders work together to accelerate the development of next-generation automotive software platforms. By fostering open collaboration and shared standards, the foundation helps reduce fragmentation, increase interoperability, and drive digital transformation across the mobility sector.

SOAFEE is an industry-led collaboration that brings proven methodologies together with standardized interfaces and deployable open-source and commercial Blueprint building blocks. It enables automotive software developers to create portable, software- and AI-defined solutions that run consistently across vehicle platforms.

SOAFEE works with other industry consortia such as AUTOSAR to showcase how AUTOSAR-based applications can be built and deployed within a SOAFEE environment. Another key initiative SOAFEE supports is enabling safety-critical applications running on Linux, including solutions such as EB Corbos.

Through its global ecosystem of members, SOAFEE connects leading technology suppliers, OEMs, and Tier-1s to develop and validate standardized interfaces in SOAFEE Blueprints – simplifying integration, reducing duplication of effort, and accelerating time to production.

SOAFEE: Driving Software That Moves.

The AUTOSAR partnership is an alliance of OEM manufacturers, Tier 1 automotive suppliers, semiconductor manufactures, software suppliers, tool suppliers and others. Considering the different automotive E/E architectures in the current and future markets, the partnership established a de-facto open industry standard for an automotive software architecture. It will serve as a basic infrastructure for the management of functions within both future applications and standard software modules.

JasPar is a consortium of numerous Japanese automobile manufacturers and suppliers with the goal of promoting automotive software technology and reducing development costs. With this in mind, Japanese companies are encouraged to jointly develop technologies such as automotive LAN-enabled technologies, middleware, and software platforms. JasPar represents the Japanese automotive industry in international standardization bodies and contributes to the development of global standards. Elektrobit is a regular member of the JasPar.