SDV Guide
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  • Welcome
  • SDV101
    • Part A: Essentials
      • Smart Phone? No: Habitat on Wheels!
      • Basics: What is a Software-defined Vehicle
      • MHP: Expert Opinion
      • Challenges: What sets automotive software development apart?
      • SDV Domains and Two-Speed Delivery
    • Part B: Lessons Learned
      • Learnings from the Internet Folks
        • Innovation Management
        • Cloud Native Principles
          • DevOps and Continuous Delivery
          • Loose Coupling
            • Microservices & APIs
            • Containerization
            • Building Robust and Resilient Systems
      • Learnings from the Smart Phone Folks
    • Part C: Building Blocks
      • Foundation: E/E Architecture
        • Today`s E/E Architectures
        • Evolving Trends in E/E Architectur
        • Case Study: Rivian
      • Standards for Software-Defined Vehicles and E/E Architectures
      • Building Blocks of an SDV
        • Service-Oriented Architecture
          • The SOA Framework for SDVs
          • Container Runtimes
          • Vehicle APIs
          • Example: Real-World Application of SDV Concepts
          • Ensuring Functional Safety
          • Event Chains in Vehicle SOAs
          • Vehicle SOA Tech Stack
        • Over-the-Air Updates: The Backbone of Software-Defined Vehicles
        • Vehicle App Store: The Holy Grail of Software-Defined Vehicles
      • Summary: Building Blocks for Software-Defined Vehicles
    • Part D: Implementation Strategies
      • #DigitalFirst
      • Hardware vs Software Engineering
        • The Traditional V-Model in Automotive Development
        • Agile V-Model, anybody?
        • Key: Loosely Coupled, Automated Development Pipelines
        • The SDV Software Factory
      • Implementing the Shift Left
        • Simulation and Digital Prototyping
          • Early Validation: Cloud-based SDV Prototyping
          • Detailed Validation: SDVs and Simulation
        • Towards the Virtual Vehicle
          • Case Study: Multi-Supplier Collaboration on Virtual Platform
          • Long-Term Vision
        • Physical test system
        • De-Coupled, Multi-Speed System Evolution
        • Continuous Homologation
        • Summary and Outlook
      • Enterprise Topics
        • Variant Management
        • Engineering Intelligence
        • Enterprise Organization, Processes, and Architecture
        • Incumbent OEMs vs EV Start-ups
  • SDV201
  • ./pulse
    • SDV Culture
    • Lean Sourcing
      • LeanRM
        • Why so many Requirements?
      • SCM for SDVs
    • SDV Systems Engineering
      • LeanSE
      • SDVxMBSE
    • Digital First
    • Loose Coupling
      • API-first
      • Freeze Points
    • Automation and Engineering Intelligence
    • Continuous Homologation
    • Build / Measure / Learn
  • Glossary
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  • Strategic Benefits
  • Vision: #digitalfirst Vehicle Development Phases
  1. SDV101
  2. Part D: Implementation Strategies
  3. Implementing the Shift Left

Summary and Outlook

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Last updated 5 months ago

Let’s look at the strategic benefits before finishing the discussion with an outlook for a long-term, #digitalfirst Vehicle Development approach.

Strategic Benefits

Along the V-Model, several key benefits emerge when applying shift-left strategies:

By shifting towards virtual prototyping, simulation, and advanced digital tools early in the V-Model, organizations can achieve early alignment, stakeholder engagement, and rapid iteration. At the initial phases, improved stakeholder alignment and early customer feedback help validate desirability and UX quickly. This enables early stabilization of APIs and the end-to-end E/E architecture, ensuring robust foundations.

During virtual testing, fine-tuning features and validating variants accelerate development while reducing HIL testing costs and efforts. Later phases benefit from more flexibility due to a delayed HIL start, allowing focused testing. Finally, the overall process reduces homologation costs and efforts while improving system quality and integration efficiency.

Vision: #digitalfirst Vehicle Development Phases

The #digitalfirst approach envisions multiple iterations through the V-Model to optimize vehicle development and operations. It begins with Concept & Integration Landscape, focusing on lightweight mock-ups, API identification, and a holistic experience.

This evolves into Virtual Vehicle & Simulation, where virtual ECUs, bus systems, and physics simulations enable extensive testing, including variant analysis. This could be a full iteration through the V, resulting in a fully functional albeit virtual vehicle.

Hybrid Vehicle (Virtual + Real) integrates virtual testing with physical builds, complete HIL setups, and test fleets. Finally, Continuous Optimization supports OTA updates, continuous homologation, and rapid deployment of fixes, enhancements, and new features for seamless innovation and compliance.