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R Systems joins eSync Alliance as 10th member
R Systems joins eSync Alliance as 10th member Important milestone achieved in growing movement to standardize automotive over-the-air updates and data gathering Silicon Valley, CA, May 14, 2020 – The eSync Alliance announces that it has added its 10th member, R...
Faurecia joins eSync Alliance
Automotive technology leader joins connected car initiative to standardize over-the-air updates and data gathering Silicon Valley, CA, March 17, 2020 – The eSync Alliance announces that Faurecia, one of the world’s leading automotive technology companies, has...
ELIV Whitepaper Now Available
The eSync Alliance whitepaper entitled "Building a Standardized Data Pipeline from the Cloud to All In-Vehicle ECUs and Sensors" that was presented at ELIV Kongress 2019 is now available. Click here to request.
eSync Alliance joins the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA)
The eSync Alliance, an open consortium dedicated to standardizing an OTA and diagnostic data gathering platform, reports today that it has formally joined the Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA) as an Associate Member. Rick Kreifeldt, executive director of the...
The eSync Alliance at ELIV 2019
The eSync Alliance will debut its participation in the international ELIV Congress (Electronics in Vehicles) in Bonn, Germany, October 16 and 17, 2019. The eSync Alliance will showcase a working demonstration of live OTA updates to diverse automotive devices operating...
eSync platform drives most extensive in-vehicle OTA deployment seen worldwide
Fremont, Calif., September 4, 2019 – The eSync Alliance reports that member company Excelfore has announced the deployment of the eSync platform for new cars being produced by FAW, one of China’s largest automotive manufacturers, in the most extensive in-vehicle...
Membership Meeting
Notice of Membership Meeting What: All Member Meeting When: 7 February 2019 Where: Hella GmbH & Co., Rixbecker Str 75, Lippstadt, Germany The management and Board of the eSync Alliance invite all member companies to attend and participate in a meeting of...
eSync Alliance Names New Board and Election of Officers
The eSync Alliance to proud to announce the 2018/2019 Board of Directors Cameron Hosner (Alpine), Shrikant Acharya (Excelfore), Steffen Herz (Hella), Mike Gardner (Molex), Franck Lebroussart (ZF) Furthermore the following are elected as 2018/2019 officers:...
HELLA joins eSync Alliance
Global automotive supplier takes active role in industry initiative for multi-company Over-the-Air platform SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 23, 2018 -- The eSync Alliance announces that HELLA has become its latest member, joining existing Alliance members to build...
eSync Alliance welcomes ZF as latest member
Industry-leading Tier 1 supplier joins global initiative for Over-the-Air connected vehicle technology FREMONT, Calif., April 26, 2018 -- The eSync Alliance announces that ZF has joined as its latest member. The eSync Alliance is an industry initiative for...
ARTICLES
Latest Articles and Perspectives About the eSync Alliance
Mike Gardner takes over the helm of the eSync Alliance
After two highly productive years serving as Executive Director of the eSync Alliance, Rick Kriefeldt is passing the reins to Mike Gardner, Founder and President of mG Consulting, an automotive marketing services company focused on link technology solutions at the...
Improved Systems Design Through OTA
Complexity Kills. It sucks the life out of developers, it makes products difficult to plan, build and test, it introduces security challenges, and it causes end-user and administrator frustration. Ray Ozzie Imagine developing an automotive component for a major OEM....
Recalls By the Numbers
Last month Toyota was unfortunately forced to recall 2.43M hybrids around the world for a stalling issue caused by a software error. The vehicles don’t correctly detect drivetrain issues and can stall without warning at high speeds instead of entering a failsafe ‘limp...
eSync Alliance featured in EE Times
The eSync Alliance and Excelfore were interviewed for this EE Times article on OTA and development. "The eSync Alliance wants to be the hub for different ECU companies, OTA platform vendors and other Tier Ones to come together and hash out APIs for the whole...
eSync Alliance – Join the movement toward whole car OTA updates and data gathering
We recently featured an article on Embedded Computing Design on the importance of working together to solve the problem of whole car updates. We are seeing an increased rise in software recalls in every part of the vehicle, this is why at the eSync Alliance we are...
Autonomous Vehicles Still Have a Lot to Learn
According to the US CDC, motor vehicles are the leading cause of death for US teens. When you break it down per mile driven, teen drivers 16-19 are three times more likely than older drivers to die in a crash. It is worse for males (two time more likely to die than...
Improved Vehicle Design Through OTA
Tesla is a losing enterprise that won’t last – Bob Lutz Tesla again tops owner satisfaction surveys - Consumer reports. Bob Lutz made news several months ago with his bold prediction that Tesla would go out of business before 2019 because it couldn’t buy...
Warranty Savings Through OTA
Recent reporting from Warranty Week noted that after more than a decade of gradual decline the automotive industry in the US has for the past several years seen a steady increase in overall warranty expenses. Digging into the numbers,CX3 Marketing has been tracking...
eSync Alliance – A Call to Collaborate
We are facing a real turning point in the automotive industry. Software is taking over every part of the vehicle and software recalls are increasing dramatically. Vehicles are being connected to the Internet at a double-digit growth rate, and car hacking and...