The SDV Community Days event is targeted towards developers of existing projects and interested new developers, as well as organisations that are not yet actively involved in SDV-related projects. Decision makers are welcome to join and interact with the community they help create.
As the year draws to a close for the automotive sector and the wider software-defined vehicle landscape, two prominent thought leaders and Eclipse SDV Ambassadors, Filipe Prezado and Martin Schleicher, share a clear view of what 2026 will hold for SDV technology, architecture, adoption, and industry readiness.
Held on December 12, 2025
By:Hide Sakuma
Ansgar Lindwedel (left), Director of Ecosystem Development for Software-Defined Vehicles at the Eclipse Foundation, and Christian Mecker, President and CEO of Bosch Corporation (right)
Company Unites Global Automotive Leaders to Drive Open-Source Innovation and Streamline SDV Development, Leveraging Proven Platform Expertise and Leadership
On 4 December the first Eclipse SDV community meeting in South Korea took place at the LG Sciencepark in Seoul. LG Electronics, together with the international Eclipse Foundation, hosted the event. BMW, ETAS, and Hyundai Mobis also participated.
November 12th, 2025 — The Eclipse Safe Open Vehicle Core (S-CORE) project today announced the active participation of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. as a new member of its open source community. By leveraging Qualcomm Technologies Inc.’s Snapdragon® Digital Chassis™ solutions, S-CORE will run seamlessly on Qualcomm Technologies’ established high-performance hardware for future software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
Our September community newsletter is out. Catch up on the latest from the Eclipse Foundation ecosystem, from Eclipse S-CORE, to community news, project updates, and more.
The Eclipse SDV community is entering a new phase of real‑world adoption with growing industry support, highlighted by a major European OEM memorandum, expanding APAC meetups, the upcoming Eclipse S‑CORE 0.5 release, and the launch of the open‑source OpenSOVD diagnostics project – all signaling maturation from vision to production‑ready platform.
The Eclipse SDV Hackathon is back! This time, it’s happening in two cities simultaneously, from 30 September to 2 October, 2025. Registration is now open.
On 24 June at the Automotive Electronics Congress, 11 of Europe’s biggest automotive companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on open source automotive software under the governance of the Eclipse Foundation and the SDV Working Group.
