Category: Automotive

Vehicle connectivity is an important set of core technologies employed by many automakers. With connected vehicles, automakers can continue to add value to a vehicle after purchase, which can enhance customer satisfaction and brand appeal. It also allows consumers to consider feature availability separately from the latest model year when making purchasing decisions. However, there […]

The BMW Group, headquartered in Munich, Germany, employs 159,000 people across more than 30 production and assembly facilities in 15 countries. As an automotive innovation leader, BMW Group has been at the forefront of integrating Generative AI (GenAI) technology. Its GenAI applications already streamline daily processes and boost the productivity of thousands of employees. The […]

BMW Connected Company, a division within the BMW Group, develops and operates premium digital services for BMW’s connected vehicle fleet of more than 23 million vehicles worldwide. In 2019, BMW made the strategic decision to migrate the entire Connected Vehicle backend, comprising over 1,300 microservices, from on-premises to the Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) cloud. […]

In today’s rapidly evolving automotive landscape, vehicle occupants expect to interact with their vehicle using natural spoken language. An AI based multi-agent assistant architecture, leveraging Strands Agents SDK, a simple-to-use, code-first framework for building agents, can help more seamlessly handle various commands triggered by occupant interactions. Drivers demand intelligent, responsive, and personalized experiences that make […]

In the rapidly evolving automotive industry, remote access to vehicle displays has become a game-changer for maintenance, development, and support. By using VNC technology and AWS IoT Secure Tunneling, automotive professionals can now connect to remote vehicle displays for a wide array of applications. This capability enables remote diagnostics and troubleshooting, allowing technicians to securely […]

Continental has transitioned its automotive technology business into a new company: AUMOVIO. Its solution, vSDV Composer, is a development platform built on AWS that combines virtual ECUs, automation, and an AI-powered engineering assistant to help automakers improve testing scalability, reduce compliance-related errors, and accelerate software development by more than 50%. Software and AI are now […]

Background Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) is on a multi-year manufacturing digital transformation journey to support vehicle electrification, enhance customer experience, empower an agile digital workforce, and seamlessly integrate advanced digital technologies. This initiative aligns with Toyota’s relentless pursuit of continuous improvement and quality while evolving into a modern, agile, customer-centric manufacturing company. As Akio […]

Introduction The automotive industry continues to face challenges from the mounting complexity of software systems, with requirements encompassing functional needs such as electrification and autonomous driving alongside non-functional criteria such as performance and security. In our previous blog post, we explored how the framework of the Virtual Engineering Workbench (VEW), powered by AWS services and […]

Battery Passports (as defined in Part 1 of our Building a Battery Passport blog) are crucial for economic operators such as automakers and battery energy storage system providers because they ensure compliance with the European Union’s Battery Regulation’s (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) (EUBR) transparency, sustainability, and circular economy goals.[1] The Battery Passport forms a digital record […]

Article 77(1) of the European Union’s Battery Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) (EUBR) mandates that, following February 18, 2027, each light means of transport (LMT) battery, each industrial battery with a capacity greater than 2kWh, and each electric vehicle (EV) battery placed on the market or put into service must have its own electronic record (Battery […]