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Global Vehicle Electrical/Electronic (EE) Architecture Strategic Insights and Growth Opportunities
OEMs will Adopt Full Zonal Architecture Only When Risk and Cost of Transition from Legacy Systems Reduces with Technology Maturity
08-Dec-2022
Global
Market Research
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Today, consumers expect their cars to offer features that enhance safety, comfort, and convenience. Over the years, every electronically controlled feature added to vehicles demanded its own electronic control unit (ECU) and supporting communication interfaces, adding more components and burdening vehicle electrical/electronic (EE) architecture with complexity, weight, and cost. A typical premium sedan would house about 100 ECUs and a kilometre-long wiring harness but would not be future proof.
Megatrends such as CASE convergence are expected to augment this burden as a growing number of features are added under each domain. These advanced features will require higher processing speed, no latency, and a V2X enabler. To manage these concerns and meet the requirements, automakers and the vehicle development ecosystem are reconsidering the legacy approach and architectural design. With the advent of battery-electric and software-defined vehicles (SDVs), OEMs plan to redesign platform layers ground up, starting with vehicle EE architecture, built on high-performance computers and Ethernet backbone.
Author: Varun Murthy
Why Is It Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Vehicle EE Architecture Industry
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Scope of Analysis
Growth Drivers
Growth Drivers (continued)
Growth Restraints
Major Trends Driving SDV Growth
SDVs—Key Characteristics
Growth of Electronically Driven Functions in Passenger Vehicles
Traditional Approach to Add New Functions in Passenger Vehicles
Traditional Distributed Architecture
Challenges for Existing Distributed Architecture
Consolidation of Functions in Domain-controlled Architecture
Benefits and Challenges of Domain-controlled Architecture
Engineering Approach to Address E/E Architectural Challenges
The Move to Zonal Architecture
Benefits and Challenges of Zonal Architecture
Domain-Zonal Hybrid Architecture
Holistic Pathway to Zonal Architecture
Alternative Pathways to E/E Architecture Evolution
OEM Challenges in Adopting Zonal Architecture
Evolving Automotive Value Chain
EE Architecture Ecosystem
Central Gateway
Central Gateway Evolution: Key Trends
Automotive Ethernet Evolution
High-performance Controllers (HPCs)
GM: Digital Vehicle Platform
GM: Digital Vehicle Platform Proliferation
Volkswagen: E3 to E3 2.0 Unified Architecture
Volkswagen: E3 Architecture Roadmap for Production Vehicles
Stellantis: STLA Brain Architecture
Stellantis: Proliferation of Brain Architecture within Group Vehicles
Mercedes Benz: Service-oriented Domain Architecture
Mercedes Benz: Evolution of Vehicle Platforms and New Architecture
Tesla: Move from Partial Zonal Architecture to Full Zonal Architecture
EE Architecture Evolution Roadmap of OEM Groups
EE Architecture Evolution Roadmap of OEM Groups (continued)
EE Transition Strategies: Traditional OEMs versus Emerging EV OEMs
OEM Benchmarking to Achieve Zonal Architecture
Bosch: EE Architecture Solutions
Aptiv: Smart Vehicle Architecture Roadmap
Continental E/E Architecture Service Portfolio
Visteon: New Zonal EE Architecture
Snapdragon Digital Chassis
NXP S32G Vehicle Network Processors for EE Transformation
S32G: Key Features and Applications
Renesas VC4 Architecture
Semiconductor Ecosystem
Potential Cyberattack Scenarios in SDVs
Overview of Cybersecurity Threats to In-vehicle Networks
Different Types of Cybersecurity Solutions in Vehicles
OEM Cybersecurity Partnerships and Strategies
Growth Opportunity 1: In-vehicle HW Enabling Transition to Zonal Architecture
Growth Opportunity 1: In-vehicle HW Enabling Transition to Zonal Architecture (continued)
Growth Opportunity 2: Consolidation of Functions in HPC and Mixing of Data Traffic in Ethernet Increasing Demand for Cybersecurity
Growth Opportunity 2: Consolidation of Functions in HPC and Mixing of Data Traffic in Ethernet Increasing Demand for Cybersecurity (continued)
Growth Opportunity 3: SW Companies Gaining Prominence in the New Value Chain
Growth Opportunity 3: SW Companies Gaining Prominence in the New Value Chain (continued)
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