Why Modern Vehicle Software Success Depends on Stronger Software Foundations

Across the automotive industry, investment in next-generation vehicle software platforms is accelerating. At the same time, timelines and engineering capacity are increasingly consumed by foundational work rather than innovation.

As software complexity shifts below the application layer, integration, validation, and cross-domain alignment are becoming key drivers of program velocity. Many teams now spend significant development effort stitching together fragmented stacks and resolving platform-level defects, all while managing rising software-related recalls and regulatory pressure.

This session brings together experts from QNX and Vector to explore why foundational vehicle software remains a critical challenge and why the industry must move toward more effective complexity management.

You'll learn:

  • How the automotive industry can accelerate software platform delivery: Streamlined foundations reduce redundant integration and validation work, enabling faster execution and more predictable delivery of customer-facing features.
  • A practical look at the options facing the automotive industry: Why the belief that “control requires building everything yourself” has become increasingly difficult to sustain at scale; how ecosystem partnerships can preserve architectural control; and where pre-integrated foundations help manage complexity across increasingly interconnected vehicle systems.
  • Why now is an industry inflection point: As software scale grows and centralized compute increases interdependence, industry initiatives such as S CORE signal a broad acknowledgement that foundational platforms must continue to evolve toward more scalable, automotive-grade platforms.

Why this matters

As vehicles become increasingly software-centric, the effort required to build and maintain foundational layers continues to grow. This webinar explores how organizations can redirect engineering resources toward differentiation and customer value, while relying on trusted foundational technologies to manage underlying complexity.

Speakers: Justin Moon, Vice President, Core Product Engineering, QNX, Dr. Marc Weber, Vice President, Product Management, Vector Informatik GmbH

Moderator: Elle Whittaker, Industry Analyst, Center for Automotive Research.

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