Software Defined Vehicles are no longer a vision for the future. SDVs are changing the automotive industry, creating a new range of opportunities for OEMs, Tier-1s, Tier-2 and other providers, impacting the way vehicles are produced and how value is provided to the customer. As a result, OEMs, Tier-1s, technology companies and SDV solution providers are teaming up like never before to capitalise on this opportunity.

While Tesla's vehicles have always been largely software-defined, Toyota, General Motors and others are building software-defined capabilities, e.g., Toyota’s vehicle Arene OS and General Motors recently announced open-source software protocol. Renault and Google are partnering to build a software-defined vehicle, and Volkswagen is reportedly investing billions of dollars into SDVs.

Several automotive OEMs are in the implementation phase right now having developed software-defined vehicle architecture, but there continues to be on-going in-depth discussions on understanding the concept of an SDV, why SDVs are important to OEMs in what they are trying to achieve, and the architecture required to build an SDV, among other technical, organisational, and partnership challenges to make SDVs a reality.
 
As the vehicle manufacturing industry reaches a point where it merges with software, cloud, technology and communication industry, Automotive IQ launched the SDV: Software-Defined Vehicles Europe 2023 conference, to address real challenges and capitalise on real opportunities in the SDV space. The Software-Defined Vehicles event was co-located with the Automotive Cyber Security Europe and Connected Vehicles Europe events as part of the Automotive Cyber Security, Connectivity and SDV Week 2023.