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At any given moment demand for Electric Vehicles (EVs) continues to grow globally. According to Strategy Analytics, 3 million units of plug-in light EVs were sold in 2020. Europe nearly doubled its market share to 26% in the first quarter of that year, making it the leading region for EV sales growth. EV sales sit at around $800 billion today and are projected to outpace traditional vehicle sales over the coming decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Download our infographic for more market statistics.<\/strong><\/a><\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only is EV adoption up, electric\/electronic (E\/E) complexity is also skyrocketing. Today\u2019s EVs have, on average, more than 3,000 wires to support a plethora of new features and functionality. That\u2019s more than 2.5 miles of electrical harnesses with about 750 connectors, weighing roughly 60kg. Keeping pace with such complexity creates significant challenges for automotive manufacturers and suppliers in terms of cost, performance, and weight management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The trend toward software-defined vehicles opens the door for innovation and market differentiation, and automakers are racing to beat each other to the punch with features that delight customers and trump competitors. Software now dominates and defines the way the modern vehicle is configured and characterized, enabling a wide variety of features that are scalable and updatable via over-the-air updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And although time to market for next-generation features and functionality is a top concern in the highly competitive automotive industry, that\u2019s not all automakers worry about. Other key considerations include ensuring functional safety, as well as keeping the vehicle\u2019s weight down and its performance high. As vehicles become increasingly network-connected, rock-solid cybersecurity is essential, and interdependent systems must work in sync, despite different voltage requirements and dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meeting these requirements calls for clean-sheet E\/E architectures \u2013 in other words, starting with a clean slate and devising new ways to meet evolving integration, safety assurance, simulation, and verification needs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n With all this top of mind, many leading auto manufacturers are looking to innovative E\/E development solutions like Siemens Capital for help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Siemens approaches E\/E system development differently by enabling engineers to integrate requirements and system models cohesively into comprehensive E\/E architecture. This model-based approach encompasses software and network communication, integration, verification, and visualization, and enables proper electrical distribution across harness design, manufacturing, and services. Collaboration throughout the design lifecycle and full traceability are also enabled via the digital thread. Using Capital Teamwork, teams can safely and efficiently share data with people across an organization throughout the E\/E design process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With a platform-level view of all electrical, electronic, software, and network components, Capital can generate downstream implementation proposals that connect the E\/E design to the digital thread. In this way, teams can explore various options for implementations and optimize the E\/E architecture accordingly. They can also link the architecture to the mechanical data for accurate results in the physical implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Using Capital, companies of all sizes can benefit from enhanced margins and faster time to market. They can expand their range of product offerings, compete more effectively and enhance their brand\u2019s perception with high-quality EVs that meet and even exceed consumers\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Auto manufacturers using Capital have reduced per-vehicle costs by $50 and per-vehicle weight by 6.5 KG. They\u2019ve cut electrical design time in half, and quote-to-production cycle time by 30%. What\u2019s more, they\u2019ve been able to meet safety and compliance requirements while reducing service documentation time by 80% and fault diagnosis time by 40%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>The need for speed, safety and cybersecurity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/a>Capital simplifies E\/E systems development for the modern EV<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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