As SDV strategies take center stage in OEM investment plans for the next product planning cycle, it is key to identify not just the short-term wins in implementing SDVs, but also the key milestones and roadmaps needed to scale them across models, carlines, platforms, and even regions. While many OEMs now have a defined sourcing strategy and implementation plans for SDV, cost, and complexity, both speed and timing can alter once scalability is put into focus.

This study focuses on future-casting SDV hardware roadmaps and planning E/E architecture transformation, alongside the decoupling of hardware and software, to help plan an OEM’s next set of SDV milestones. It helps address ambiguity around the role of the SDV across different segments and regions, and what problems need to be overcome in order to scale the SDV. This will include decisions on considering a zonal architecture and aim to answer whether this is a key decision factor in scaling the SDV.