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Establishing Environmental Parity
As vehicles become increasingly reliant on software for core functionality, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) face new opportunities as well as challenges in developing, testing and deploying software rapidly and efficiently.
A key priority is establishing “environmental parity” — the ability to develop and validate software in a cloud-based environment that closely replicates the vehicle’s properties.
This essay will analyze the current landscape of SDVs, explain the importance of environmental parity, and discuss how cloud-based development enables OEMs to achieve it.
The Rise of Software-Defined Vehicles
Over the past decade, vehicles have evolved from being predominantly hardware-driven to being software-defined. As per a recent white paper, the average software complexity in automotive projects has risen 300% in the last 10 years. Modern premium segment vehicles already contain over 100 million lines of code and this is projected to reach 200 million by 2025.
The shift is being driven by various factors:
