The subject of software defined vehicle (SDV) is a hot topic around the industry, with almost every major automaker describing plans and organizational changes to address this growing trend. The SDV concept
promises a range of functions and features that revolutionize the invehicle user experience, by manipulating software and data inside the car.
The features and functions of the car can be modified and enhanced after purchase through an SDV approach. Features on-demand, subscription models and plans can be delivered over the air (OTA) to vehicles to improve the in-car experience.

Rather than using different approaches to push out updates for each different car model, how much easier would it be to do this with a standardized OTA platform, like eSync? Standardization on eSync can
massively simplify and secure the entire OTA process. Using eSync, one can deliver not only software updates OTA, but also control sequences, configuration parameters, scripts, flash toolchains, and command and control messages to alter the behavior of an edge device inside vehicles.
Both our Technical and Compliance Work Groups (TWG, CWG) are addressing this topic on a weekly basis. Apart from defining and adding newer OTA functionalities to the eSync Specification, the TWG is also
working on defining the command and configuration format and messaging schema to the eSync Specification to make eSync the best candidate for SDV.
The recently formed Compliance Work Group (CWG) has been tasked with defining the process to certify and qualify eSync as the SDV enabler.

The main goal of the CWG is to provide a certification test tool, and a certification process that ensures interoperability and robustness of all the OTA software components in a car. This will significantly reduce the development and integration efforts and also the development time for all involved suppliers and OEMs. For more information about the goal, the approach and the status of the CWG’s activities, please look for the upcoming Q&A Session or contact the group’s chairman, Uwe de Nardi (Joynext) at https://www.linkedin.com/in/uwe-de-nardi-4a684a3/.

There is no better time to engage in this work at the eSync Alliance. The eSync Alliance invites you to bring your company requirements toward setting the pathway for a robust, flexible, and standardized approach to enabling and helping the industry deliver the software defined vehicle.
Yours sincerely,

Mike Gardner, Executive Director, eSync Alliance
mike.gardner@esyncalliance.org