Member-only story
AWS’s Virtual Engineering Workbench: Automotive Software Development in the Age of Cloud Computing
The automotive industry is at a pivotal juncture, with cloud computing and software-defined vehicles heralding a new era. Continental and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have formed a strategic partnership to accelerate this transformation.
Their collaborative platform, VECU Creator, leverages AWS’s robust cloud infrastructure and Continental’s deep automotive expertise. It offers a scalable, efficient, and secure environment for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and third-party developers. The platform not only expedites the development cycle but also enhances the user experience through AWS’s “Working Backwards” design philosophy. This article provides an introduction tothis groundbreaking partnership and its implications for the automotive software development landscape.
AWS and Continental’s VECU Creator
“Offering Continental’s vECU Creator on AWS will fundamentally change the automotive design process, which, for years, presented the challenge of developing vehicle software when physical hardware may not yet exist,” said Wendy Bauer, General Manager of Automotive and Manufacturing at AWS. “Extending our work with Continental through virtual ECUs and the vECU Creator offerings directly addresses a…
