Welcome U Power and its EV UP Super Board!
Smart EV startup to disrupt electric vehicle design and development Silicon Valley, CA, April 11, 2022 – The eSync Alliance announces that U Power, a Smart EV technology startup, has joined the Alliance. U Power has developed an innovative approach to car-making, which is expected to reduce the R&D and manufacturing time to build EVs, […]
Mike Gardner interviews Uwe de Nardi, R&D Director at JOYNEXT and Chair of the alliance’s Compliance Work Group
Mike: Uwe, you have been instrumental in forming the new Compliance Work Group. What was the motivation for this? Uwe: When JOYNEXT decided to become an eSync Alliance Member, we wanted to know the benefits. The opportunity to contribute to the enhancements of the eSync standard, and to implement compliant products, was somehow only the […]
Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Toyota and Mazda announced they are standardizing how vehicles communicate with the cloud.
We welcome the news that five major Japanese automakers are working together on communications to connected cars. Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu, Toyota, and Mazda announced they’re standardizing how vehicles communicate with the cloud, to improve safety and make connected services better. This shows that these big players have recognized that they should focus on the value […]
Mike Gardner interviews Steffen Herz, HELLA, Head of the Technical Working Group on the eSync specification V2.0
The first version of the eSync OTA specification was initially developed by the five founding members of the alliance, AlpsAlpine, Excelfore, HELLA, Molex, and ZF. Following its release, interest and membership in the alliance and its mission increased substantially. Just a year later, we are launching Version 2.0 with extended features and functions, and I […]
Webinar: The Value of Standardization in Automotive Over-the-Air Updating and Data Gathering
eSync technology has been developed specifically to fit in to existing vehicle architectures, offering a secure and uniform pipeline to communicate with edge devices throughout the vehicle…. Members and non-members will discuss the benefits of standardization in Automotive OTA technology.
Q&A with Member Company: Alps Alpine
Continuing our member blog series, this week I caught up with Cameron Hosner, Executive Director – OEM Business Unit for Alps Alpine North America. Alps Alpine is a founding member of the eSync Alliance and is involved in the Technical Working Group and the Marketing Working Group. The company played a key role in driving the eSync Alliance automotive OTA specifications. Cameron shared […]
Q&A with Member Company: DSA
Having recently assumed the role of Executive Director of the eSync Alliance, I thought it would be informative to meet with our member companies and talk about how the Alliance is affecting their business. This week, I had the great pleasure to sit down with DSA’s Mario Ortegón, Head of Strategy & Innovation Management. DSA […]
Mike Gardner takes over the helm of the eSync Alliance
Interview with Mike Gardner, the new Executive Director of the eSync Alliance.
Improved Systems Design Through OTA
It is time for the industry to embrace a holistic approach to system design where you use data gathering and OTA to improve the system in the field based on real performance data.
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 home’ mode. Over 800K of these vehicles are in the US. What […]
