For the second time in just ten months, Eclipse SDV traveled to Japan to connect with our highly engaged local community. This time, we not only co-hosted a meetup but also participated in Automotive World Japan, a major industry exhibition that brings together automotive manufacturers, suppliers, and technology providers to showcase and discuss innovations shaping the future of mobility.
A new whitepaper from Berylls by AlixPartners examines the potential cost, time, and strategic benefits of open source middleware for the automotive industry. Eclipse S-CORE features prominently throughout the paper as a concrete example of an emerging open source middleware initiative.
For decades, the automotive industry assumed the answer was the conference room: draft the document, hold the meeting, reach agreement, then build. Eclipse SDV proposes something else entirely - publish the code first, validate it together, and let that experience produce the standard. What LG Electronics calls “Code First” wasn’t just an open-source strategy. It was an argument for rewriting how the auto industry collaborates.
The automotive industry is undergoing one of the most profound transformations in its history. While discussions often centre on electrification or autonomous driving, the real paradigm shift is driven by software. The emergence of the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) marks a transition from hardware-centric engineering to software-centric value creation. Yet this shift is not merely technological, but also cultural: it fundamentally changes how innovation takes place.
Eclipse SDV’s end-to-end (E2E) Demonstrator Blueprint for software-defined vehicles has been featured by the technology news platform Electronic Design.
The European Commission’s Communication on European Tech Sovereignty cites Eclipse SDV as an example of successful industrial open source collaboration. This recognition is an important milestone.
On 19 May 2026, the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) community held its first-ever meetup in India, hosted by Bosch Global Software Technologies in Bengaluru. What began as a conversation just a few months earlier quickly evolved into a landmark community event.
Gabriel Tomuța is a Software Engineer at Elektrobit Automotive and an active contributor to Eclipse Ankaios within the Eclipse SDV community.
The Eclipse SDV Hackathon returns from 6–8 October for its fourth edition. This year, the entire community will come together in one location: Friedrichshafen.
The Eclipse Safe Open Vehicle Core (S-CORE) community is happy to announce the release of version 0.7.0. This significant update introduces a host of new features, enhancements, and stability improvements, reinforcing our commitment to providing an open and safe platform for the next generation of vehicle software.