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NVIDIA Introduces Computer for Level 5 Autonomous Cars
Still struggling to build, test, and ensure the high quality of the vast amount of software code in their current products, carmakers are already looking to the future. The development of self-driving vehicles is well underway, with several global automakers joined by non-traditional players in the automotive industry (for instance, tech giants such as Google).…
A Glimpse into the Future? Top Automakers by Market Value 2017
Industry analysts generally rank automakers by their revenue or number of cars sold. While it might not reflect directly these companies’ past market performance, it’s interesting to take a look at the market value of the largest carmakers today. Market value gives us a good idea of how investors perceive the business prospects of the…
Automotive Recalls in the First Half of 2017
Recalls due to faulty products are any automotive company’s worst nightmare. Issuing a recall is expensive, negatively impacts the company’s reputation for quality, and is oftentimes a result of a product mistake that was discovered in an accident where users were injured. Yet despite all the efforts of suppliers and carmakers to avoid such scandals…
Russian Internet Giant Yandex Announces Self-driving Car
In a recent article, we analyzed how autonomous technology is shaping the automotive market in the EU and the US. New and sometimes unlikely alliances are formed in the race to develop the first “Level 5” fully autonomous car, one that can take passengers from point A to B with no human intervention whatsoever. While…
New Alliances Shaping the Future of Self-driving Cars
Automotive industry players and market analysts agree that once fully developed, autonomous technology will completely reshape public and private transport. It’s no wonder that everyone wants a piece of this fundamental and disruptive change that will open up new opportunities for those equipped to handle the challenges that are, for now, towering ahead. In order…
Automotive Industry Development Trends 2017
The automotive industry has always been a sector of fast development. Last year was no exception, as 2016 has seen the auto industry put the pedal to the metal in terms of technological advancement. But technology isn’t the only factor that’s changing. Diving deeper into currently unfolding auto industry trends provides insights into how our everyday…
Automotive Functional Safety Compliance Overview
The future of automotive development is one of increasing complexity and variety as consumers move away from multipurpose vehicles to vehicles fit for purpose. Hardware components will increasingly include imbedded electronics and software components. The standardization of these components between models and the inclusion of internet of things (IoT) connectivity will provide automanufacturers the ability…
Security Concerns About Self-Driving Cars
Self-driving cars are definitely a hot topic now that most automotive manufacturers have thrown their hat into the ring. The greatest barrier to acceptance to machine driven cars is the fear of relinquishing control to a machine, we imagine the worst that can happen and the inability to intervien which in itself is utterly disconcerting.…
Preventing Automotive Software Failures
Once and awhile we review the various automotive industry software failures hitting the news headlines, not with the purpose to embarrass any particular automotive manufacturer but rather to highlight that in most cases such failures could have been avoided with straight forward software development best practices and the right development toolset. Disclaimer: – Of course…
Challenges of Developing Autonomous Vehicles
Among the many changes that fast evolving technology is causing today, one advancement seems to emerge as the most obvious and as having the greatest impact on our everyday lives. Autonomous (self-driving) vehicle technology was a long-time engineering dream depicted in science fiction cartoons and movies for decades. It is now starting to become reality,…
2016 Automotive Industry Trends and Challenges
Following up on last week’s industry forecast for medical technology developers, let’s see what 2016 holds for car manufacturers and companies involved in the development of products for the automotive industry. 2015 has been a record year in the US in terms of the sales of road vehicles (cars and trucks). With low loan rates,…
Agile + ISO 26262: Adopting Agile in Automotive Development
With dozens or even hundreds of suppliers, various industry regulations to adhere to, and an immense volume of software code, automotive development processes are perhaps among the most complex lifecycles that companies face. There could be over 100 million lines of code in a modern car, the sheer volume of which necessitates practices to cut…
Driverless Cars: On the Road to Becoming Reality
Building an autonomous (driverless) car has entertained the imagination of automotive companies since the earliest days of automobiles. The idea has first popped up in a newspaper back in 1926, and has continued to haunt the dreams of automotive developers ever since. The emergence of reliably operating driverless cars is already dubbed the next revolution…
Consumer Demand for IoT Networked Cars Escalates
Approximately 30 Million cars will be produced in the European Union and the United States in 2015, from an estimated total of 90+ Million produced world wide. Manufactures in Germany, Spain and France producing the most in the EU area. The United Kindom is the EU’s 4th largest producer by volume and is one country…
Compliance in Automotive Development – ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ASPICE, CMMI and more
Embedded electronics and software are more and more heavily used in modern road vehicles, increasing the complexity of development processes. In order to reduce or mitigate the risks introduced by this complexity, various automotive industry standards have been devised by regulatory bodies. These aim to enforce the use of adequate processes and hazard management methods…
Maturity Models + Automotive SPICE V3 (ASPICE)
Globalization has lead to the continual geographical redeployment of manufacturing facilities to lower cost business environments as manufacturers seek the ever elusive competitive edge. Product development has become more complex, with consumers demanding ever more advanced features, requiring a mix of embedded electronics and embedded software. Consequently products or services are built with a network of specialized companies…
Quality Assurance and Testing in Automotive Device Development
The automotive sector is a highly regulated industry, and for good reason: with millions of vehicles running on dirt roads and in the fast lanes of modern motorways across the globe, accidents are bound to happen. On such densely populated roads, safety is key. Quite naturally, those looking to drive have to pass driving exams,…
Risk Management in Automotive Development
The importance of managing risks in safety-critical industries such as the medical field, the automotive sector and other transport industries (railway, aviation etc) cannot be emphasized enough. The lives of human users may depend on such devices, so their safety and reliability is vital. Safety is a top concern for automotive manufacturers and developers of…
Is there a single ALM solution that covers everything for the automotive industry?
Working with companies that produce components for the automotive industry we learnt that they often face the challenge to be compliant with certain standards and deal with the exchange of requirements to achieve the required SPICE level. Working with OEM’s is not always easy for them while they usually send requirements in PDF format that can…
German Automotive Inventions: The Secret of Their success?
It’s Summer time and hot, many people are on holiday or are planning to go on holiday soon, the less lucky are already returning from holiday. During holidays you have time to read funny stories on entertaining websites they are not strictly related to your work. I was reading a great website during my holiday…