Software-defined vehicles: The future of the automotive industry?

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

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🗓️ 8 February 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A few decades ago, it would have probably seemed strange to put software and automobility together. However, today software is embedded in all kinds of modern vehicles, enabling capabilities in everything from driving to passenger entertainment. But what exactly does this all mean for the automotive industry? And what demands does it place on design and manufacturing processes?

In this episode of the Technology Podcast, two Thoughtworks experts on software-defined vehicles — Michael Fait and Sriram J. — speak to Ashok Subramanian and Ken Mugrage about how the automotive industry has been changed by software. They cover everything from the implications software has for the way we think about design, manufacturing and regulation across the industry to the skills and practices developers need to work in this exciting space.

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone, and welcome to the ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast. I'm one of your regular
0:13.8	host, Ashok, Subramanian, and I'm joined today by another one of our regular host, Ken.
0:20.0	Hi, I'm Ken McGrage.
0:21.0	Nice to speak to you again.
0:22.5	Today, we are joined by two guests who are experts in a topic that is probably
0:29.6	becoming quite relevant to all of us today.
0:33.3	So I'll let our gets introduce themselves first.
0:39.3	Shiram, do you want to start off? Thanks, Ashok Kinkin. It's good to be on this podcast.
0:43.3	My name is Shredam. I'm from Bangalore and I'm a business leader for software-defined vehicle topics in ThoughtWorks.
0:49.3	And Michael?
0:51.3	Hello everyone. My name is Michael. I'm a developer. Clearly my background is in the web and the cloud world.
0:58.0	But the last years I've been working only for automotive and embedded automotive development.
1:04.0	I do everything STV and ThoughtWorks.
1:06.0	So as our guests sort of almost give away what this episode is going to be all about, it's
1:11.9	all about software defined vehicles.
1:14.6	So I think to get us maybe it's started off like software and automotive, it almost seems
1:20.9	like you know you're going back a few years, you wouldn't have put the two of them in the same
1:25.1	sentence.
1:27.3	And yet I think here we are today almost like, you know, talking of vehicles that are
1:32.3	being defined by software.
1:34.3	So perhaps we can maybe start off by why is software like becoming so key in the space?
1:40.3	Sure.
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