The current global crisis in the supply of automotive semiconductors is disrupting or slowing down worldwide automotive production and affecting both OEMs and automotive suppliers. suppliers must set up a crisis team to manage the bottlenecks and stabilize supplies for the coming months.

Software is a key business-driver for every industry and tailor-made software is the basis for competitive advantages. The ability to run a software factory on highest level of excellence decides about business success. Can Automotive learn from digitally-born Software Companies? Isn’t the “Netflix software” totally different to the hardware-constrained software in car?

OEMs are moving to a function-defined software architecture with a independent hardware structure, software driven innovations and functions on demand. But what about time critical and safety features? In this presentation from ZF the effect of these trends on braking and steering systems is examined.

Climate change and government policies require decarbonization – hydrogen and battery technologies are prerequisites and drivers for the transformation. Read about how to stay competitive in a world of Zero-Emission Vehicles in this article.

The complexity & functional growth with current vehicle architectures reaches its limits. Instead of patchwork architectures with more than 100 ECUs a function-defined architecture with a few High-Performance Computers is necessary. Read about the Continental Automotive Edge Framework and a Data Driven Development for new vehicle architectures.

Consumer expectations in the automotive industry have changed dramatically by shifting from hardware to software features. This requires a software-defined vehicle approach which accelerates the innovation cycle and reduces complexity along the whole operational model and across multiple devices.

With higher software and feature demand in vehicles, requirements for OEMs in SW-development have increased. OEMs are implementing new E/E architectures to address increasing software and feature requirements. For a successful transformation towards a SW-enabled company, OEMs and tier-1s need to undertake major changes within their organization.

In the third part of our series “Meet the Automotive Disruptors”, senior partner Wolfgang Bernhart spoke with Mate Rimac, founder and CEO of Rimac Automobili, about his company’s surging valuation and rocky start as a garage business that eventually became a Tier-1 technology supplier. The young CEO questions if car startups are really more successful … Continued

Automotive manufacturers and suppliers are facing a tremendous challenge. Actually, there are three challenges occurring simultaneously. Norbert Dressler, Global Head of Automotive at Roland Berger, calls this task Triple Transformation and summarizes it in three words: position, perform, and progress.

Industry players are coming together to jointly develop global reference solutions for self-driving safety challenges. The Autonomous forum has been pioneering a collaborative approach to autonomous vehicle (AV) development for the past two years, bringing together a community of players across the mobility ecosystem to establish safety standards and practices. Breaking down AV safety into … Continued