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Software-defined vehicles need software-grade delivery

Vehicles are now connected, updatable software platforms, and manufacturers, suppliers and fleet operators have to deliver like software companies under safety and security rules. We bring connected-vehicle technology, AI and delivery discipline together.

A software update, from requirement to vehicle
  1. Require (where our work concentrates)Requirements traced across suppliers
  2. IntegrateSupplier software combined continuously
  3. Verify (where our work concentrates)SIL and HIL tests linked to requirements
  4. Approve (where our work concentrates)Update records kept for UN R156
  5. DeployStaged over-the-air waves with rollback

The question we hear most

How do we deliver vehicle software at software speed, under safety and security rules?

The industry’s delivery model was built for hardware: long programmes, model-year releases and suppliers integrating at the end. Over-the-air updates and cybersecurity rules in type approval have changed that — every release is now an event that has to be traced and justified.

We bring software-industry delivery to that world without dropping the evidence: requirements traced across suppliers, tests linked to each requirement, and update records an assessor can follow. Once vehicles are on the road, we turn their data into decisions for the people who maintain and operate them.

Four forces reshaping the automotive industry

The shifts changing what good delivery looks like here, and what each one asks of the teams doing the work.

The vehicle is defined by software

Value is shifting to software and centralised computing, and releases are moving from model years to over-the-air updates.

What it means for deliveryDelivery needs continuous integration and traceability across the supplier network.

Cybersecurity is a condition of type approval

UN Regulations 155 and 156 make a cybersecurity management system and a software update management system conditions of type approval in many markets.

What it means for deliveryEvery update needs records an assessor can follow.

Electrification changes the data

Battery health, charging and energy management have become core operational data for manufacturers and fleets.

What it means for deliveryTelematics platforms have to handle new signals, and new owners of that data.

Vehicle data comes with user rights

The EU Data Act and privacy law give vehicle users rights over the data their vehicles generate.

What it means for deliveryConsent, access and separation have to be designed into the data platform.

Sectors we serve

The pressures differ inside an industry too. These are the parts of it our teams work in, and what sets each one apart.

  • Vehicle manufacturers

    Software platforms, connected services and type approval across many markets.

  • Tier 1 & Tier 2 suppliers

    ECU and domain software delivered into manufacturers’ programmes with full traceability.

  • EV & battery makers

    Battery management, charging integration and energy data at scale.

  • Commercial fleets

    Trucks, vans and buses, where uptime and fuel or energy cost decide the margin.

  • Mobility services

    Rental, ride-hailing and shared fleets that run entirely on vehicle data.

  • Dealers & aftersales

    Diagnostics, service and warranty processes that depend on accurate vehicle data.

How we can help

Each offering runs on its own or as part of a wider programme, and draws on the AI services, consulting practices and products listed with it.

Connected vehicle and fleet platforms

Telematics, vehicle health and over-the-air device management on one vendor-neutral platform.

What you get

  • Ingestion from OEM APIs, CAN bus and aftermarket units
  • A live fleet view and vehicle-health alerts
  • Staged over-the-air updates with automatic rollback
  • Driver and route insight

Frameworks we build evidence for

We do not certify compliance — your auditors and assessors do. We make sure the evidence each framework asks for is produced by the delivery process itself.

ISO 26262International
Functional safety across the life cycle of road-vehicle electronics and software.
ISO/SAE 21434International
Cybersecurity engineering from concept through to decommissioning.
UN R155 and R156UNECE markets
Approved management systems for vehicle cybersecurity and software updates.
Automotive SPICEInternational
Assessed capability of software and system development processes.
ISO 21448 (SOTIF)International
Safety of the intended functionality, for sensing and automated features.
EU Data ActEuropean Union
User access to, and sharing of, the data generated by connected vehicles.

Where teams usually start

Common first engagements in this sector. Most begin with a two-week, fixed-price discovery that leaves you with a costed plan whatever you decide next.

  • Telematics and live vehicle data for a fleet or pilot programme
  • Requirement-to-test traceability across suppliers
  • Predictive-maintenance signals from vehicle data
  • A service and diagnostics assistant grounded in your documentation

Products most used here

Questions from Automotive teams

All three. Manufacturers and suppliers mostly use the delivery and quality side; fleet operators typically start with SyncV2X for telematics and vehicle data.

Yes. Our approach is zero training on your data, with private model routing for hosted models. Where the data cannot leave your control at all, we build the whole stack on your own hardware, air-gapped if required.

No. QA Intelligence, Visual Canvas and Document Spaces are included with SyncupHUB; SyncV2X, our connected vehicle platform, is licensed separately because it serves a different operation.

We support the evidence, not the certificate. Requirements, tests, reviews and release records are linked and versioned as the work happens, so the work products an assessor asks for already exist and agree with one another.

Further reading

All insights

Regulation · 3 min read

UN R155 and R156: what vehicle software teams have to evidence

Cybersecurity and software-update management are now conditions of vehicle type approval in the EU and other markets that apply UN regulations. What that asks of the teams who write and ship the software.

Quality · 2 min read

Release readiness on evidence, not a pass rate

A 98% pass rate says nothing about whether the stories you committed to were tested at all. How traceability and recorded quality gates change the release conversation.

Talk to our Automotive team

Tell us the constraint and the systems behind it. We will put an engineer who has worked with both on the call, not the nearest salesperson.

What the first call covers

  • Your constraint, and the systems and suppliers behind it
  • Where a two-week discovery would focus first
  • Commercial options in writing within 48 hours
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