AUTOMOTIVE
Accelerate the future of driving with software-defined vehicles
Technology advancements are pushing automakers to innovate faster. Open source solutions like Red Hat® In-Vehicle Operating System help them stay competitive in the evolving software-defined vehicle market.
Automakers and Tier 1 suppliers face a new reality
Technology disruptors, particularly electric vehicle (EV) newcomers, are challenging the status quo of traditional automakers with rapid and continuous innovation delivery in a software-centric approach. With a strong commitment to enhancing customer experiences and sparking greater brand loyalty EV auto companies are modernizing the industry without the restrictions of legacy product lines. The challenges in updating their hardware and software architecture, organizational structure, software team skill sets, and internal processes have incumbents racing to protect their market share in the face of new competitors and evolving customer expectations.
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Navigating customer challenges in the automotive industry
An industry in transition: Shifting to centralized, software-centric and hardware-agnostic designs
Historically, automakers would build cars with dozens to over 100 Electronic Control Units (ECUs) — small computers controlling multiple electrical systems within a vehicle. Most are design-limited by bespoke hardware requirements and proprietary software providers, resulting in vendor lock-in and massive integration burdens. Consolidation into fewer, more powerful centralized platforms, capable of running safety and non-safety applications, can reduce internal systems challenges but increase software architecture complexity.
Finding software talent, while managing costs and improving time to market
Automakers face the dual challenge of expanding their software capabilities while maintaining profitability on existing product lines. Utilizing standardized cloud-native technologies by tapping into ecosystem expertise and using community collaboration as an investment multiplier can be crucial in achieving a successful transition.
Advancing continuous innovation throughout the vehicle lifecycle
Powerful new in-vehicle hardware platforms, coupled with always-on connectivity and expanding customer expectations, provide automakers with opportunities to build customer loyalty and new revenue streams post-production. Red Hat delivers a broad portfolio of products to help automakers implement and operationalize a “Software factory” — a continuous, innovative process to build an efficient delivery of software updates throughout the lifecycle of a vehicle.
A major leap forward for the automotive industry
Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System has achieved functional safety certification as a Safety Element out-of-Context (SEooC) against the ISO 26262 Edition 2, 2018- Level ASIL-B standard.
Customers in action
Volkswagen reduces testing costs by 50%
The Wolfsburg-based company created a testing environment that combined virtual and real-life testing to facilitate component integrations and self-service provisioning, leading to 50% cost reductions in system tests.
Audi creates a multicloud foundation for services
The German auto manufacturer built a scalable environment for long-term development across cloud platforms, leading to reduced time to market and increased responsiveness to demand.
Automotive partner ecosystem
The Red Hat automotive ecosystem is curating pre-integrated software blueprints
The Red Hat automotive team collaborates with key automotive partners to build joint software solutions to accelerate integration efforts for our mutual customers. Together, we help customers get to production faster with lower risk.
Read more on key benefits from our partnerships
Red Hat equips automakers to lead in the new SDV era
To stay ahead of the competition, auto manufacturers must take the lead in SDV development, all while managing costs, maintaining profitability, and improving driver experiences.
Central to large enterprise system changes are trusted application development and platform environments built on hybrid or multi-cloud.
Red Hat OpenShift
Our enterprise-ready Kubernetes platform, Red Hat OpenShift®, provides the operational consistency and interoperability needed to advance the car-to-cloud continuum for the future of SDV.
Developer Hub
Our Developer Hub standardizes, automates, and simplifies the development process to make a software team’s daily workflow more manageable, efficient, and collaborative.
In-Vehicle Operating System
Our Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System builds on the foundation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux®—trusted by 90% of the Fortune 500— to support mission-critical applications across multiple industries. It brings critical optimizations required for in-vehicle use cases, including performance improvements, efficient application isolation, safety guidance documentation, and functional safety certification.
Red Hat client data and Fortune 500 list, September 2024.
Take the next step
IBM analyst report
Review the latest report from IBM on the future of the automotive industry
Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System whitepaper
Learn how to protect safety-critical applications from nonsafety-critical applications running on the same operating system using the Linux kernel and container-based isolation.
Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System datasheet
Find out more about our in-vehicle operating system.
Open collaboration in automotive development
Learn more about Red Hat and SOAFEE collaboration blueprint
