SDV Accelerator
Transform your automotive software development journey
Overview
The SDV Accelerator is a collaboration between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and HERE Technologies that helps customers and partners enhance their automotive software development programs. It combines AWS-authored solution guidance with sample code to make it easier to use a curated collection of AWS Marketplace products and services from AWS, HERE, and industry partners within Virtual Engineering Environments.
Through its collection of components and support from industry partners, SDV Accelerator helps automotive manufacturers, software developers, system integrators, and component engineers accelerate innovation while maintaining the flexibility to choose and customize solutions according to their specific needs. Explore benefits, partner solutions, and how to get started below.
Benefits
SDV Accelerator can help accelerate automotive software innovation while reducing costs through a collection of tools, partner collaborations, and streamlined procurement.
Unlock innovation potential by eliminating integration challenges and transforming undifferentiated heavy lifting into opportunities for differentiation. SDV Accelerator's pre-integrated tools and standardized workflows can help free your teams to focus on creating unique customer experiences. Utilize a growing collection of validated partner solutions to build smarter, faster, and more innovative vehicles while maintaining control over your architecture and brand experience.
SDV Accelerator can help reduce development costs with pre-integrated tools and automated testing environments. SDV Accelerator supports various partner applications, from digital cockpit features to ADAS and autonomy systems, while ensuring hardware flexibility that helps improves supply chain resilience.
Simplify tool procurement and deployment through streamlined AWS Marketplace integration, turning multi-step processes into more seamless self-service requests. Access a curated catalog of pre-validated tools and virtual ECUs organized by role, all integrated into your existing development environment. Align with industry standards like SOAFEE to help ensure interoperability and scalability while helping promote control over your architecture and user experience.
Assets & Resources
Resources for building solutions and driving adoption
Accelerate Development
Accelerate Business Outcomes
Get Started
1. Review Partner Solutions in AWS Marketplace
Explore a curated collection of Partner offerings available through AWS Marketplace, designed to help accelerate automotive manufacturers, software developers, system integrators, and component engineers' journey toward developing software-defined vehicles.
2. Connect with SDV Accelerator team
Reach out to sdvaccelerator@amazon.com for additional information about SDV Accelerator.
AWS Partner Solutions
Virtual Cockpit and Hardware
- Virtual Arm-based compute: Cloud-hosted virtual platforms replicating production automotive SoCs (Cortex-A for IVI/ADAS, Cortex-R for real-time, Cortex-M for body/powertrain). Enables shift-left development years before silicon tape-out.
- Arm Virtual Hardware (AVH): Scalable virtual targets for CI/CD pipelines, accessible through Corellium Atlas on AWS. Supports automated regression testing across the full Arm architecture portfolio.
- Graviton cost optimization: ARM64-native workloads on AWS Graviton processors provide 40% better price-performance vs. x86 for simulation and build workloads — reducing development infrastructure costs.
Arm : Semiconductor IP — Virtual Silicon at Scale
Atlas is a scalable, on-demand virtual platform environment for enterprise software development and testing, that provides Arm based virtual hardware that runs your full software stack as fast as real silicon.
Virtual IVI Development for Android by Elektrobit
Elektrobit virtual environment and emulator tools for hardware-agnostic, end-to-end development of Android applications on (AAOS) Android Automotive OS projects.
vSkipGen™ : Panasonic Automotive Systems, LLC
Panasonic Automotive Virtual SkipGen (vSkipGen™) is a product which allows software teams to develop target code without the hardware, further strengthening the value chain and bar raising the automaker’s target quality for the end customer.
- AquaDrive AIOS 2.1: AI-native vehicle OS integrating smart cockpit + smart driving + smart parking in one platform. Embeds generative AI (Rubik LLM) directly into the OS layer for context-aware experiences.
- Smart Cockpit Solutions: Cross-platform cockpit software on Qualcomm Snapdragon, QNX Hypervisor, and Android Automotive. Rich HMI, multi-display management, and AI-powered driver interaction.
- ETAS partnership (AUTOSAR + rich OS): Combined solution delivering AUTOSAR + ThunderSoft IVI for a one-stop IVI+ADAS+VCU platform — reducing development time for global OEMs.
ThunderSoft : AI-Native Vehicle OS & Smart Cockpit Platform
AWS Partner Solutions
Connectivity, Positioning and Cybersecurity
- Global connected vehicle SIM management: Multi-IMSI eSIM provisioning, lifecycle management, and local breakout across 190+ countries. Vehicles connect to optimal local networks without manual SIM swap.
- Connectivity cost optimization with HERE: Integrates NTT’s connectivity coverage maps with HERE’s Map Access Manager to intelligently route data updates via Wi-Fi vs. cellular — reducing OEM data expenses by scheduling large payloads (HD map tiles, OTA updates) for cost-optimal delivery.
- Telematics data layer: Positions within the Connectivity bundle alongside HERE and Upstream Security, providing the data transport layer for real-time vehicle telemetry and service delivery.
NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS: Global Vehicle Connectivity & Cost Optimization
- Deep Updater: Model all software configurations in one place, then orchestrate safety-critical OTA updates to all ECUs at scale. Supports delta updates, A/B partitioning, and rollback — ensuring vehicles stay current without dealer visits.
- Deep Logger & Analytics: Transforms raw vehicle signals into actionable intelligence via AI analytics and predictive maintenance. Collects data from every ECU regardless of make or architecture.
- Bundled Solution (90-day launch): Embedded vehicle firmware + connected cloud portal with dashboards and APIs for logging, OTA, commands, and essential connectivity — production-ready deployment in 90 days.
Sibros : Deep Connected Platform® — OTA & Vehicle Lifecycle
- Skylark Precise Positioning Service: Cloud-based GNSS corrections delivering centimeter-level accuracy continent-wide. Purpose-built for mass-market automotive — enables lane-level navigation, L2+/L3 autonomy, and safe ADAS.
- Starling Positioning Engine: Advanced multi-constellation positioning software that works with automotive-grade GNSS chipsets and inertial sensors. ASIL-rated for safety-critical ADAS applications.
- Swift Automotive Suite: End-to-end precise positioning stack integrating corrections + engine + NVIDIA DRIVE AGX. Eliminates expensive HD map-only localization by offloading absolute position to GNSS.
SwiftNav : Precise GNSS Positioning for Autonomy
- Upstream XDR Platform
- API Security and Managed VSOC Monitoring
- Connected Vehicle Threat Intelligence and Compliance
- AI Driven Quality Detection to Reduce Recalls
As automotive manufacturers, Tier 1 suppliers, and fleet operators rapidly develop Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), ensuring the runtime security of these complex software stacks is critical. Upstream Security directly complements the AWS SDV Accelerator by providing an advanced, cloud-based Vehicle Security Operations Center (VSOC) and cybersecurity layer.
While the SDV Accelerator helps you engineer and deploy SDV software faster, Upstream ensures that your software remains secure once it is in production. Validated by real-world autonomous vehicle operators like May Mobility (on AWS), Upstream empowers OEMs to build smarter, faster, and more innovative vehicles without compromising on safety or brand trust.
AWS Partner Solutions
App Store, Nav Application and In-Vehicle Commerce
- AiDEN Services Hub: A bi-directional, software-only platform that streams real-time services across vehicle brands. Reads vehicle signals (fuel level, tire pressure, battery state) and triggers contextual services — automatic fueling on arrival, maintenance alerts before failure, EV charge scheduling.
- Patented consent management: Three US/Japan patents covering in-vehicle consent, data sharing, and payments. Drivers control exactly what data is shared and with whom — enabling monetization without privacy risk.
- Revenue-generating services layer: Provides the commercial infrastructure for in-car transactions (parking, tolling, fueling, subscriptions) — turning the connected vehicle into a platform for new OEM revenue.
AiDEN Automotive : Privacy-First In-Vehicle Commerce & Services
- Appning Apps Market: A turnkey, OEM-branded app store installed in-vehicle. OEMs control curation, monetization, and update cadence — retaining full ownership of the ecosystem rather than ceding it to third-party platforms.
- Cloud-native app lifecycle management: Backend infrastructure for developer onboarding, certification, distribution, and usage metering — purpose-built for automotive safety and performance constraints.
- Digital Cockpit Bundle component: Pre-integrated as an EC2 Image Builder Component alongside HERE Navigate SDK, Alexa Custom Assistant, and QNX — deployable as a composed, validated AMI.
Appning by FORVIA: In-Vehicle App Marketplace Platform
- micAuto Platform: An automotive navigation and IVI development platform providing turn-by-turn guidance, map rendering, route calculation, and POI services. Designed for embedded deployment with minimal CPU/memory footprint.
- AAOS-compatible navigation modules: Integrates natively with Android Automotive OS, complementing HERE Navigate SDK for Japanese-market customization including lane-level detail and local POI databases.
- EC2 Image Builder Component: Micware’s navigation stack packages as a composable component for VEW, enabling cloud-based development and testing without embedded target hardware.
Micware: Automotive Navigation Software (Japan)
- Mireo SpaceTime: Big data platform purpose-built for geotagged, time-stamped vehicle data. Stores and queries billions of data points (GPS, CAN bus, sensor telemetry) with sub-second latency on commodity hardware — at a fraction of mainstream data platform costs.
- ADAS performance analytics: Analyzes real-world driving data to continuously improve ADAS algorithms — identifying edge cases, calibrating sensor fusion, and validating system responses against actual fleet behavior.
- Predictive vehicle analytics: Uses historical fleet data to predict component failures, optimize maintenance scheduling, and improve vehicle reliability — reducing costly recalls.
Mireo : SpaceTime — Connected Vehicle Data & ADAS Analytics
AWS Partner Solutions
Development Framework
Qt Group is a global software company, trusted by industry leaders and over 1.5 million developers worldwide to create applications and smart devices that users love. We help our customers to increase productivity through the entire product development lifecycle: from UI design and software development to quality management and deployment. Boot to Qt is a lightweight, Qt-optimized, full software stack for embedded Linux systems that is installed into the actual target device. The Boot to Qt Software Stack uses the traditional embedded Linux kernel built with Poky, the reference distribution of Yocto Project. The software stack is designed for great customization possibilities. It contains only components required in the embedded device, resulting in smaller image sizes while keeping valuable development tools available.
- RemotiveBroker: A software ECU and cloud-connected logger supporting automotive protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay) to read and write all vehicle buses. Bridges vehicle networks and modern cloud/IT development tools.
- RemotiveCloud: Stream, share, and collaborate on real vehicle signal data in the cloud. Feed recorded drives into emulators (including AAOS Cuttlefish) for early validation with realistic signal behavior.
- Android-to-Vehicle testing: Connects AAOS infotainment to virtual vehicles — playback signals from recorded drives and respond to inputs as a real car, enabling full-stack IVI testing without physical hardware.
RemotiveLabs : Vehicle Signal APIs for Cloud-Native SDV Development
- ThreatZ Platform: AI-powered threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) for automotive systems. Automates cybersecurity engineering from asset identification through threat modeling to risk treatment per ISO/SAE 21434.
- UNECE R155 compliance automation: Generates Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) evidence required for European type approval. Tracks compliance across vehicle programs and ECU configurations.
- Open API integration: Seamless connection with development and test tools via open APIs — plugs into CI/CD pipelines for continuous security assessment during development.
VXLabs : AI-Powered Automotive Cybersecurity & Compliance
AWS Partner Solutions
Professional Services
- Turn complexity into a decision-ready pathPrioritize use cases and quantify the value caseIntegrate solutions into engineering, IT and legacy toolchainsMove from pilot to governed, scalable deployment and reusable solutions
- Turn differentiated IP into OEM impactEmbed content, tools and software into end-to-end solutionsClarify interfaces, responsibilities and commercialization pathsScale market access jointly
- Turn platform capabilities into automotive adoption Translate cloud and AI services into OEM-specific workloadsCreate qualified demand, partner pull-through and repeatable deliveryDrive usage from the first workload to production scale
MHP : SDV Strategy & Customer Success
MHP is a leading Management and IT Consulting firm that leads SDV Accelerator’s Customer Success Management function and designed the Commercialization Phase Model governing partner-to-OEM progression.
Value for OEMs
Value for SDVA technology providers
Value for AWS
GlobalLogic : SDV Cloud Framework
An AWS cloud-based accelerator that provisions a managed cloud infrastructure to speed up Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development and improve the quality of produced software.
Hirain : Beijing Jingwei Hirain Technologies Co., Inc.
Founded in 2003, Beijing Jingwei Hirain Technologies Co., Inc.(“Hirain”) strives to be a world-class provider of electronic systems and technology services. Guided by the principles of “Value Innovation and Customer Focus”, we specialize in the automotive and transportation industries, offering a comprehensive portfolio that includes Automotive Electronics, R&D Services and Solutions, integrated systems and specialized vehicles, and intelligent transportation solutions to clients worldwide.
Headquartered in Beijing, Hirain has built an integrated ecosystem encompassing marketing, R&D, manufacturing, operations, and after-sales support. With R&D and service centers strategically located in China, the United States, Germany, and Malaysia, along with four modern manufacturing facilities in China and Malaysia, we are well-positioned to deliver high-quality and reliable electronic system technologies and services to our global customers.
FPT Tech : CarSky - AI-Native Virtual Engineering Platform
CarSky virtualizes vehicle systems, orchestrates mixed virtual and physical topologies, and enables AI agents to deploy, test, debug, and validate software across the entire engineering lifecycle.
Alexa Custom Assistant
for Software-Defined Vehicles
AI-Powered Voice Assistants for Automotive
Accelerate SDV development with Alexa Custom Assistant (ACA), bringing Amazon's next-generation Alexa+ architecture to the vehicle. Built on advanced LLM models and agentic AI capabilities powered by Amazon Bedrock, this solution enables automakers to create sophisticated, branded voice experiences that feel personal and seamless.
A Production-Ready Voice Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles
Alexa Custom Assistant integrates with AWS cloud infrastructure to accelerate your software-defined vehicle initiatives. A comprehensive, production-ready platform for voice interaction, ACA enables OEMs to enhance driver engagement and satisfaction while retaining full control of their brand identity and customer experience. Deploy cutting-edge AI powered voice assistance that scales with your SDV roadmap.
Join SDV Accelerator Provider Community
1. Join the APN
Join the AWS Partner Network (APN) at no cost and explore Partner Paths that best suit your business needs.
2. Explore AWS Automotive Competency
AWS Automotive Competency validates AWS Partners who demonstrate technical excellence in automotive workflows across Autonomous Vehicle, Software-Defined Vehicle, Connected Mobility, Sustainability, Digital Customer Experience, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. AWS Automotive Competency Partners help customers accelerate their transformation through purpose-built cloud capabilities and deep industry expertise.
3. Connect with SDVA team
Reach out to sdvaccelerator@amazon.com to build customizable automotive solutions for your customers and list in AWS Marketplace.