NXP, Applied EV team on safer Software-Defined Vehicles
Automotive electronics developer Applied EV is working with NXP Semiconductors in a strategic deal around software defined and driverless vehicles.
As part of this strategic relationship, NXP and Applied EV will share ideas and information, develop mutually beneficial strategic and production partnerships on Software-Defined Vehicles and Electrical and Electronic Architecture (EEA).
Applied EV’s central control unit, Digital Backbone, is powered by NXP’s S32G family of vehicle network processors and is designed to accelerate the shift to simplified domain and zonal-based vehicle architectures. The collaboration is set to deliver safety rated software control software for the automotive and autonomous vehicle markets.
Built on Applied EV’s proprietary software and supporting hardware, Digital Backbone allows for rapid software application development, engineering, and configuration, by providing a programmable API (Application Programming Interface), within a SDK (Software Development Kit).
The company also works with Suzuki and Toshiba and is currently providing the first cabinless road-registered autonomous vehicle in Europe.
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Applied EV’s technology has been purposefully designed to centralise all software functions into a singular control system that is dynamic enough to power all driving and steering functions. The simplified architecture reduces OEM complexity, accelerates development and deployment, and makes the entire ecosystem more sustainable.
“Our team has already achieved early successes on the path to producing a commercially available, safety-certified controller for vehicles,” said Julian Broadbent, CEO of Applied EV which is based in Australia (above).
“Our collaboration and strategic relationship with NXP has been founded on our joint ambition to further innovate the field of Software-Defined Vehicles. It is a natural fit towards a future where software features and the electronics to support them will create significant value for auto makers,” he said.
“Applied EV’s collaborative and solutions-oriented mindset to enable software control for autonomous driving for the industry at large has been very successful. We’re excited to collaborate on the next phase of this innovation by integrating NXP’s comprehensive portfolio of complementary solutions with Applied EV’s Software-Defined Vehicle technology capabilities,” said Lars Reger, Chief Technology Officer at NXP Semiconductors.
www.nxp.com; www.appliedev.com
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