SDVoF Initiative R&I projects
SDVoF Initiative Research and Innovation Projects
supported by or in collaboration with FEDERATE
EC funded R&I projects
HAL4SDV
HAL4SDV – Hardware Abstraction Layer for a European Software Defined Vehicle is a Chips-JU funded research and innovation action (RIA). This ambitious project, coordinated by Andreas Eckel from TTTech Computertechnik AG, is driven by anticipated advancements in microelectronics, communication technology, software engineering, and AI to tackle the “4 Ss: Systems, Safety, Security and Software”.
Shift2SDV
The project Shift2SDV is a Chips-JU funded research and innovation action (RIA) that will define, coordinate and develop a common language independent middleware framework. It focuses the topics SDV middleware, API and a framework flexible micro-services-based architecture. The consortium consists of 73 partners and 8 associated partners that will be coordinated by Maik Fuchs from Accenture.
CODE4EV
The CODE4EV project aims to accelerate the development of electric software-defined vehicles (SDVs) by establishing a collaborative development framework. This framework will support the design, production and operational phases of electric vehicles (EVs) by demonstrating its application through selected Use Cases relevant to emerging and future SDV architectures.
TWIN-LOOP
The TWIN-LOOP Project “ TwinOps and vehicle specific Digital Twin for Software Defined EVs”, Funded by the European Union under the Horizon Program, started in January 2025 with a total budget of 5 M€, involving a Consortium of 13 partners led by Mosaic Factor, TWIN-LOOP builds on a new opportunity on computational capacity of clouds and vehicles due to the implementation of High-Performance Computing combined with digitisation of Electric Vehicles (EVs)under the SDV architecture.
In its 36 months the TWIN-LOOP will develop an Open Framework for TwinOps for EVs along with a suite of digital tools aimed at continuously improving Energy Consumption, Hardware Costs, Driver Experience and Vehicle Resiliency across the four stages of the vehicle lifecycle. The project will implement the Open Framework, integrate with EV specific tools and assess their effectiveness in realistic conditions across three different use cases, identified for their relevance to the topic.
EEA4CCAM
EEA4CCAM – ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURE FOR CONNECTED, COOPERATIVE AND AUTOMATED MOBILITY is an EU funded research and innovation action (RIA). EEA4CCAM aims to empower the safe and cyber secure deployment and operation of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility (CCAM) applications across widespread operating conditions through a novel centralized, reliable and upgradable in-vehicle electronic control architecture (ECA).
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UP2DATE4SDV
UP2DATE4SDV aims to develop a comprehensive ecosystem for seamless and efficient software updates, hardware upgrades and situation-dependent reconfigurations of software-defined connected and automated vehicles. To achieve this vision, UP2DATE4SDV develops essential abstraction layers, advanced orchestrators, and an automated robust realization environment, all while adhering to the highest safety and cybersecurity standards. On that mission, UP2DATE4SDV is coordinated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and funded as a research and innovation action (RIA) by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Exective Agency (CINEA) under Horizon Europe Grand Agreement 101203060.
SDVoF ecosystem community supported
Eclipse SDV WG
The Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Working Group is an Industry Collaboration under the Eclipse Foundation, dedicated to advancing the future of automotive software.
Mission
To provide a forum for individuals and organisations to build and promote open source software, specifications, and open collaboration models needed to create a scalable, modular, extensible, industry-ready, open source licensed vehicle software platform.
The main objective is to encourage, develop, and promote open source solutions that can compete successfully in the challenging and fragmented automotive industry markets globally. The group operates in a “code first” manner, with a strong focus on implementation and onboarding of existing code artifacts.
Guiding Principles
As part of our continued community engagement, the following list of principles serve to provide an understanding of how the Eclipse SDV working group intends to work with projects, community, and adopters.
- We are code first.
- Projects are self-governing to enable community driven success.
- Aim for success by selecting robust, sustainable, well engineered projects.
- No kingmakers. Similar or competitive projects are not excluded for reasons of overlap or competition.
- Don’t reinvent the wheel. Adopt and promote useful work happening in other industry groups.
- No single stack. Encourage interoperability for the emergence of a variety of stacks and distributions to serve the community and adopters.
- Define specifications derived from open source projects which have demonstrated broad adoption and real world use.
- We want to build automotive grade software (from QM to ASIL-D) which will be used in series production.
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Eclipse Safe Open Vehicle Core (S-CORE)
Eclipse Safe Open Vehicle Core (S-CORE)
Eclipse S-CORE is an open source project following the Eclipse Development Process (EDP), focusing on software development but also on requirements, and processes specifically targeting ADAS applications.
The S-CORE project serves as a central integration platform for various software modules. It ensures proper integration, provides common guidelines, mechanisms like build toolchains, and addresses overarching topics such as roadmap and milestone planning.
While Eclipse S-CORE is the first ADAS target full core stack, other similar projects are welcome and will benefit from the support of the X-CORE Platform Council.
Eclipse X-CORE Platform Council
The X-CORE Platform Council is an ad-hoc subcommittee initiated by the Steering Committee and follows the defined rules of engagement. It reports directly to the Steering Committee to ensure alignment. The initial six members are nominated by the Steering Committee, while additional members will be voted.
The X-CORE Platform Council supports complex integration projects, such as Eclipse S-Core, by managing non-technical tasks. The council provides strategic guidance and decision-making, with operational teams managing communications, branding, and finance.
The Operational Teams support the council in the execution and are:
- Operations
- Communication, Brand and Marketing
- Product Branding or Compatibility
- EU Funding and positioning with respect to EU initiatives (eg ECAVA)
- Working group program plan and financial allocation (responsibility of SC and Eclipse Foundation)
- Technical decision and integration project plan (responsibility of the project)
- Specification related to integration projects (responsibility of the Specification Committee)
Cross-projects technical alignment (responsibility of TAC)
COVESA
The Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA) is an open and global technology alliance accelerating the full potential of connected vehicles and the mobility ecosystem. COVESA’s expertise in vehicle data includes the Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS), a mature and highly adopted approach for describing connected vehicle data in a simple and developer-friendly way, and Vehicle Data Model (VDM), built for the evolving needs of connected mobility, supporting multiple domains and use cases, both within and outside the vehicle. Additional initiatives include the Automotive AOSP App Framework, a collaboration to unify guidelines and interoperability for vehicle applications, and the Commercial Vehicle Group, which identifies gaps, solutions, and standards for VSS in commercial vehicle fleets.
AUTOSAR
AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) is a global development partnership of leading companies from the automotive and software industry. Since 2003, AUTOSAR’s mission has been to create and establish an open, standardized software framework for the automotive industry. This framework is the bedrock for the reuse, exchangeability, and scalability of software functions and hardware across the entire vehicle E/E architecture, enabling the industry to master the growing complexity of vehicle software.
In the era of the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV), AUTOSAR is strategically evolving from a specification-focused body to a code contributor. The landmark Common Adaptive Platform Implementation (CAPI) project provides a standardized, automotive-grade source code implementation of the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform standard. CAPI delivers a foundation of certification-ready middleware components, aiming to ensure that complex core components for high-performance computers are developed “only once” by the industry.
As an associate member of the FEDERATE project, AUTOSAR plays a pivotal role in aligning standardization efforts with the vision of the Software-Defined Vehicle of the Future (SDVoF) initiative. AUTOSAR actively contributes to the strategic roadmap and ensures that its standards and CAPI implementation serve as a fundamental, non-differentiating foundation for the unified European SDV stack.
Among AUTOSAR’s most important contributions within FEDERATE is the provision of the AUTOSAR Adaptive Platform and CAPI with their proven middleware components, which focus on functional safety and cybersecurity, helping to make the development of the SDV ecosystem risk-free. As an important bridge between consortia, AUTOSAR ensures that its developments are technically aligned with important open source projects and other standards from the SDV ecosystem. Through its participation in FEDERATE, AUTOSAR is helping to shape the future governance and cooperation models that are essential for a coherent, non-fragmented SDV ecosystem.