Navigating the Future: Essential Considerations for the Engineering of Software-Defined Vehicles
Journal article, 2026
Software defined vehicles mark a shift to software-driven mobility, posing complex engineering and organizational challenges. To stay competitive, automotive industry players must adapt the architecture, development process, and organization to effectively manage complexity, updates, regulatory compliance, and rapid technological evolution.
Organizations
Software
Industries
Navigation
Computer architecture
Complexity theory
Automotive engineering
Author
Rodi Jolak
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Vard Antinyan
Volvo Group
Alexander Astrom
Volvo Group
Darko Durisic
Volvo Cars
Oliver Kopp
University of Stuttgart
Stefan Kriebel
FEV
Daniel Krippner
Bosch
Mazen Mohamad
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Jerome Pfeiffer
University of Stuttgart
Chris Seiler
Mercedes Benz AG
Pontus Svenson
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Andreas Wortmann
University of Stuttgart
Jan Bosch
Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Computer
0018-9162 (ISSN) 15580814 (eISSN)
Vol. 59 1 74-84Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Software Engineering
DOI
10.1109/MC.2025.3580508