Cognizant and Elektrobit: Accelerating the Future of Software-Defined Vehicles

In the rapidly evolving automotive landscape, the demand for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) is surging, pushing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers to innovate and adapt. To meet these challenges, Cognizant, a global leader in technology services, has joined forces with Elektrobit, a renowned automotive software company, to integrate Elektrobit's Software Development Kit (SDK) for EB corbos AdaptiveCore into Cognizant's SDV solution accelerator. This strategic collaboration aims to help OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers create scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient SDV architectures, ultimately speeding up the development cycle.

The automotive industry faces significant pressures to accelerate product development and testing cycles while managing limited resources. The increasing complexity of software, with over 100 million lines of code, further compounds these challenges. To address these issues, Cognizant's SDV solution accelerator, powered by Elektrobit's Adaptive AUTOSAR solution, offers a comprehensive pre-built accelerator designed to reduce total ownership costs and improve time to market.



The collaboration between Cognizant and Elektrobit enables modular development, tackles software complexity, enhances prototyping efficiency, mitigates cybersecurity risks, and streamlines ecosystem orchestration. By combining Elektrobit's expertise in Adaptive AUTOSAR middleware and virtualization with Cognizant's SDV accelerator, the partnership addresses key challenges faced by OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers in their SDV journey.

Modular development is facilitated by the integration of Elektrobit's SDK, allowing for the separation of software components and enabling independent development, testing, and deployment. This approach simplifies the development process and reduces time to market. Additionally, the Adaptive AUTOSAR solution helps manage the increasing complexity of software in SDVs by providing a standardized, layered architecture that simplifies integration and reduces overall complexity.

The collaboration also enhances prototyping efficiency by enabling continuous and simulated verification and validation. This shift-left approach allows for earlier detection of defects and issues, reducing the time required to deliver features and improving the overall efficiency of the prototyping process. Furthermore, addressing safety and security early on in the development process helps mitigate cybersecurity risks, ensuring the reliability and trustworthiness of SDVs.

Lastly, the partnership streamlines ecosystem orchestration by providing a comprehensive pre-built accelerator that integrates production-ready, in-vehicle software solutions into all relevant platforms. This simplifies the management of the diverse set of stakeholders involved in the SDV journey, including suppliers, partners, and customers.

In conclusion, the collaboration between Cognizant and Elektrobit is a significant step towards accelerating the development of software-defined vehicles. By leveraging Elektrobit's Adaptive AUTOSAR solution and Cognizant's SDV solution accelerator, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can create scalable, flexible, and cost-efficient SDV architectures, ultimately improving time to market and competitiveness in the rapidly evolving automotive landscape.