Committed to open-source software: CARIAD joins the Eclipse Foundation
CARIAD, the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group, has joined the Eclipse Foundation open-source community as a strategic member of the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) working group. For the first time, CARIAD will actively collaborate on open-source software.
Wolfsburg | June 22, 2022 – CARIAD, the automotive software company of the Volkswagen Group, has joined the Eclipse Foundation open-source community as a strategic member of the Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) working group. For the first time, CARIAD will actively collaborate on open-source software and contribute projects and code itself for further development within the community. By joining the Eclipse Foundation, CARIAD is pursuing the goal of more efficient development of basic software for use in vehicles. Together with developers from all over the world, CARIAD strives to create innovations and open standards for automotive software.
“Open cooperation within the developer community is central to a functioning digital ecosystem. The software-driven car, as the most complex mobile device, benefits in particular from the cooperation of the open-source community. As one of the leading software companies in the automotive sector, we advocate open cooperation and will promote innovations within the framework of the Eclipse Foundation to set standards in the automotive basic software. At the same time, we are also increasing our attractiveness as an employer and enabling our developers to make their work more efficient, effective and sustainable,” said CARIAD CTO Lynn Longo.
