Automotive Grade Linux group gains momentum
“Our goal is to bring companies from diverse backgrounds and regions together to build an open platform that will drive rapid innovation across the entire automotive industry,” said Dan Cauchy, General Manager of Automotive at The Linux Foundation. “These new members join us from across Europe, Asia and the United States, and will help us continue to develop a global ecosystem for the connected car. We are excited to welcome these members into the AGL community and look forward to our joint collaboration.”
Besides the abovementioned companies, other players active in the area of automotive-related data services and telematics recently have joined the working group. These include Austrian telematics software company bright box, Californian identity management software provider ForgeRock and Tokyo-based embedded software company Ubiquitous.
bright box LLC is a Vienna, Austria based corporation specialized in solutions and platforms in the connected car sector; customers include Nissan, KIA and Infiniti.
Continental, one of the largest tier one suppliers to the automotive industy, develops intelligent technologies for transporting people and their goods. Information management in and beyond the vehicle is at the heart of Continental’s Interior division. The product portfolio for different types of vehicles includes instrument clusters, multifunctional and head-up displays, control units, access control and tire-information systems, radios, infotainment systems, input devices, control panels, climate control units, software, cockpits as well as services and solutions for telematics and Intelligent Transportation Systems.
The ForgeRock Identity Platform transforms the way millions of customers and citizens interact with businesses and governments online, providing security, building relationships, and enabling new cloud, mobile, and IoT offerings from any device or connected thing.
“The vehicle is one of the largest devices connected to the Internet of Things, which presents a lot of opportunities for personalization as well as security challenges,” said Lasse Andresen, Co-Founder and CTO at ForgeRock. “Working with Automotive Grade Linux, we hope to help build a secure platform for the entire industry.”
As an automotive parts company founded in 1977, Hyundai MOBIS produces and supplies products such as automotive modules, core automotive parts and after-sales parts, and has been recently ranked sixth among global automotive parts suppliers.
Toshiba Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company, channels capabilities in electronic and electrical product and systems into three focus business fields: Energy that sustains everyday life, that is cleaner and safer; Infrastructure that sustains quality of life; and Storage that sustains the information society. “We are very excited to collaborate with Automotive Grade Linux to develop a flexible platform that can adapt to support new automotive technologies,” said Shun Egusa, Executive Vice President Automotive & Battery Systems, Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Company, Toshiba Corporation. “Our solutions can help ensure that all automakers can provide an exceptional level of connectivity and functionality in vehicles with next-generation infotainment systems.”
Ubiquitous Corporation is provides embedded software provider as well as solutions for Connected Cars. Ubiquitous provides a fast boot solution called “Ubiquitous QuickBoot” for In-vehicle infotainment (IVI) based on Linux.
“As infotainment systems become increasingly feature rich and complex, the time drivers must wait to use their device after starting the car has become an issue,” said Masahiro Sano, President at Ubiquitous Corporation. “We work with Automotive Grade Linux to develop a next-generation infotainment solution that will provide a seamless experience for consumers.”
More than thirty new companies have joined AGL in the past year, bringing the member total to more than 70. Ford, , Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, Subaru and Toyota are among the first carmakers to participate in the AGL collaborative project. Other members include Jaguar Land Rover Codethink, Denso, Fujitsu Ten, Harman, Intel, Mitsubishi Electric, Panasonic, Pioneer, and Wind River.
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