The Open Community for Automotive (OCA) at OCX 2026 focused on how open source collaboration is transforming the software defined vehicle ecosystem and enabling a full middleware platform for series vehicle production.
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On 28-29 April 2026, the Eclipse SDV community gathered at Esslingen University, Campus Stadtmitte, for the SDV HackFest HS Esslingen to strengthen the SDV ecosystem and project adoption.
Online session for automotive and mobility professionals focused on SDV's and their role in the industry.
Software-defined vehicles are transforming the automotive industry, and open source plays a critical role in enabling this shift.
As vehicles become increasingly software-defined, collaboration across companies, industries, and global communities is essential. Open source software has emerged as a key enabler for building scalable, interoperable automotive software platforms.
Perforce Software, together with the Eclipse Foundation, has published the results of the 2026 State of Automotive Software Development Survey, offering a detailed look at current practices and emerging trends in the automotive software sector, including the growing role of open source.
2026 will be the year we turn momentum into milestones. The first milestone has already been reached: At CES in Las Vegas, 32 automotive companies signed the Memorandum of Understanding for open source collaboration.
As we steer towards the end of 2025, it’s amazing to look in the rear-view mirror and see just how far the Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) community has travelled.
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)