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Software-defined vehicle (SDV) development is reshaping Europe’s automotive engineering service provider (ESP) market, shifting demand from capacity-led engineering support toward platform integration, software lifecycle management, validation automation, and compliance-by-design. This Frost & Sullivan analysis assesses how original equipment manuf...

Open-source software (OSS) architectures for vehicles are entering a new phase, reshaping SDV development by enabling collaborative, cloud-native stacks across the in-vehicle and cloud domains. This Frost & Sullivan study examines how automakers, Tier Is, silicon vendors, open foundations, and toolchain providers are converging to reduce cost and t...

07 Oct 2025  |  Global  |  Market Research

Software-Defined Truck Market, North America and Europe, 2024–2040

Software-defined Trucks are Experiencing Transformational Growth due to Electrification and Connectivity

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Software-defined trucks are vehicles designed with hardware-software layers that decouple the capabilities of the vehicle, thus allowing for updates to vehicle features, fleet management, and cloud-based analytics, as well as over-the-air software updates from one or several domains. Rather than being composed of fixed hardware mechanisms with litt...

Connected services in passenger vehicles are undergoing a strategic transformation in Europe, reshaping how automakers engage with customers, manage vehicle life cycles, and build digital revenue streams. This Frost & Sullivan analysis examines how leading European original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are developing group-level software platform...

Despite disrupting sales and profitability in many markets, the pandemic has ignited minds to build a safer and convenient environment. The connected automotive industry is making the best of the situation through trending use cases that build the new normal across consumer segments. Adapting to the new form of travel, Frost and Sullivan's ‘Voice o...

The Mobility Technology Opportunity Engine (TOE) covers innovations pertaining to Electric Vehicles, Software-defined Vehicles, LiDAR, Radar and Infrastructure Monitoring.The purpose of the Mobility Technology TOE is to raise awareness of global technology innovations in self-propelled ground-based mobile platforms that are not only technically sig...

2025 was a year of mixed outcomes for the shared mobility ecosystem. Electrification saw a huge uptake in the bikesharing segment, especially in North America. While the penetration of electric vehicles (EVs) in ridehailing slowed down, demand response transit (DRT) picked up pace, with nearly 375 new services launched globally, spearheaded by expa...

The North American medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicle (CV) electronic service tools (EST) market is experiencing gradual and sustained growth, driven by interesting industry dynamics, such as advancements in vehicle complexity, a growing focus on vehicle efficiency and fuel economy, the increasing demand for a well-rounded fleet management pa...

The automotive sector is undergoing a profound shift toward the software-defined vehicle, transforming cars into dynamic, upgradeable digital platforms. This transition critically demands advanced cloud computing to manage, process, and secure the vast amounts of data generated, establishing data management as a core strategic imperative for origin...