The challenge encountered was to harness vehicle data in a harmonized and cost-effective way to build new revenue streams and increase business efficiency in a changing and continuously growing mobility market. This required a Connected Car ecosystem that can be replicated very quickly in any geography and that does not rely on aftermarket telematics devices or mobile phones for the ingestion of mobility data.

One of the main challenges OEMs are facing today is the optimization of EV range that can alleviate range anxiety and make EVs a more attractive option for consumers. In addition to this, the state of health of the battery in electric cars is another important challenge to be tackled. This enables proactive maintenance and energy management to steer the charging of electric fleets, thereby reducing energy waste and costs with increase of repair capabilities.

The challenge encountered was to harness vehicle data in a harmonized and cost-effective way to build new revenue streams and increase business efficiency in a changing and continuously growing mobility market. This required a Connected Car ecosystem that can be replicated very quickly in any geography and that does not rely on aftermarket telematics devices or mobile phones for the ingestion of mobility data.

Zonal Architectures are positioned to revolutionize vehicles by allowing OEMs to decrease wiring harness weight and set the foundation for more scalable architectures required for full SDVs. However, the transition to zonal imposes significant new technological challenges. Unlike statically configured legacy architectures that physically isolate each domain to achieve performance, safety, and security, zonal architectures feature multiple ethernet switches in a richly connected topology and the ethernet links between the switches may carry mixed criticality traffic from multiple domains or applications. This dynamic environment requires OEMs to adopt dynamic new technologies to manage it.