A closed-loop development process for autonomous vehicles
The last 18 months have been a challenge for many industries, and this was no exception for the overall automotive and transportation ecosystem. But the industry has proven to be very resilient in the past few months by continuing to pursue long-term goals for product and process innovation. We see a strong shift towards vehicle electrification as nearly every OEM transfers their portfolio, and legislation pushes new bans for combustion engine cars. As the electric vehicle leaves the early adopter phase, it will be welcomed by a broad audience of excited customers.
But what about that other massive trend? What about autonomous vehicle development? AV development programs are regaining momentum across the automotive industry, and progress is being made in many aspects: self-driving technology, public perception, and regulations or legislation to manage the deployment of AVs. Even still there is a long road ahead for the developers of self-driving vehicles, and many challenges have yet to be resolved.
The capabilities of today’s self-driving vehicles, whether prototypes or commercially available features, are still far below that of a fully (i.e. SAE level 5) autonomous car. As the capabilities of AVs grow, so to will the complexity of the underlying systems. This explosion in complexity and the massive verificaiton and validation needs of self-driving systems ensures that prospective AV manufacturers will need to adopt new development methodologies, or fall behind on the path to full autonomy.
In this episode of the Future Car, I chat with Nand Kochhar, VP of Automotive and Transportation Industries at Siemens Digital Industries Software, and Mathhieu Worm, VP of Business Development and Partnerships and Co-founder of Simulytic, a new startup venture from Siemens AG. We talk about how companies can accelerate their AV development efforts, improve internal processes, and adopt best practices. In particular, we discuss how a holistic systems view of a closed-loop development process, in concert with a massive validation and verification program, can accelerate the development of autonomous vehicles and help companies overcome challenges along the way.
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Transportation plays a big part in our everyday life and with autonomous and electric cars, micro-mobility and air taxis to name a few, mobility is changing at a rate never before seen. On the Siemens Future Car Podcast we interview industry leaders creating our transportation future to inform our listeners in an entertaining way about the evolving mobility landscape and the people that are helping us realize it. Guests range from C-Level OEM executives, mobility startup founders/CEO’s, pioneers in AI law, Formula 1 drivers and engineers, Smart Cities architects, government regulators and many more. Tune in to learn what will be in your mobility future.
