AI-assisted methods and tools for Software-Defined Vehicle engineering automation
AI4SDV increases the productivity of Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) engineering and shortens time-to-market through automation and AI-enabled development support – fully integrated with the open-source initiatives of the European automotive industry.
Why AI4SDV?
Software complexity in vehicles has grown roughly four-fold over the past decade, while software-development productivity has barely kept pace. At the same time, the industry faces a growing shortage of skilled engineers. AI4SDV develops, tests and matures AI-assisted methods and tools that automate key steps of SDV engineering – across technical layers, functional domains and the full software lifecycle – and demonstrates them at TRL 6–7 in real vehicle-software development projects along the automotive value chain.
Project objectives
1Accelerate Engineering
Develop AI-assisted methods, tools and toolchains that extend state-of-the-art CI/CT/CD pipelines, substantially increasing ECS engineering efficiency and shortening development cycles.
2Master Complexity
Integrate holistic ECS engineering principles into highly automated toolchains to manage and reduce the exploding complexity of modern automotive systems.
3Open Platform
Build a modular, open and extensible AI-assisted integrated platform that serves as a reference architecture for next-generation SDV engineering toolchains.
4Showcase and Evaluate
Demonstrate the benefits, performance improvements and industrial value of the AI4SDV tools and platform in realistic engineering settings.
5Human-Centric Engineering
Enable seamless and effective human–AI collaboration, supporting engineers in key SDV development use cases and enhancing innovation capacity.
6Global Competitiveness
Strengthen Europe’s position in SDV and ECS by providing cutting-edge engineering capabilities that boost productivity across the automotive value chain.
7Maximise Exploitation and Alignment
Align with European research initiatives, projects, associations and industrial players to accelerate adoption, avoid fragmentation and drive a common European SDV vision.