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Nexus SDV

The Open Source & AI-Native Platform for Connected Vehicles

Nexus SDV on Google Cloud: a strategic competitive advantage for time-to-market, sustainable cost efficiency, scalable fleet operations, and long-term customer loyalty in the era of software-defined vehicles – open source and AI-native. 

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Why Valtech Mobility?

Valtech Mobility has developed the world’s largest platform with the VW Group platform and 45+ million connected vehicles.

SDV Orchestration & Industrialization

With our many years of experience in OEM production systems and complexity management, we see our role as an orchestrator for modernization.

The lightweight architecture of Nexus SDV acts as the key enabler in this journey: a cloud-native booster and AI-native complement designed for real-world deployment. Rather than experimenting with prototypes, it brings SDV to the road, makes it profitable, and industrializes it in a reliable, future-proof way.

Nexus SDV – AI Voice Agent Live-Demo

In a brief live demo, our Business Director for SDV, Daniel Elhs, will demonstrate how Nexus can introduce new and useful features to vehicles in a specific use case.

Highlights

Faster feature development through reference implementation

  • Development cycles shortened by 80%
  • Release cycles shortened by 40%
  • New vehicle features in months instead of years
  • “China-Speed made in Germany”: highly relevant in competition with digital ‑native OEMs and in highly dynamic markets such as China

Reduced total cost of ownership (TCO)

  • Up to 40% lower TCO compared to in-house development

Savings through:

  • Use of hyperscaler infrastructure instead of proprietary cloud
  • Engineering Productivity: automated software validation and AI-based toolchain

Scaling of connected fleets

  • Management, operation, and support of several million connected vehicles
  • Economies of scale: decreasing unit costs as fleet size increases
  • Future-proofing and new features for existing vehicles

Hyper-personalized user experience

  • Learning, digital-native personalization concept (for the vehicle and the user experience)
  • AI-agentic individual features

Customer Lifetime Value (LTV)

Increase in:

  • Customer loyalty
  • Resale value
  • Lifetime value per vehicle customer
  • New features for existing vehicles

De-Risk Compliance & Governance

  • Shorter validation cycles
  • Integrated governance and security layers
  • Legally compliant data monetization in regulated markets
  • Meets legal and ethical requirements for data usage

Nexus SDV Documentation

Where cars meet code. Discover the building blocks of Software-Defined Vehicles — from architecture to implementation.
Nexus SDV DocumentationGo to GitHub

FAQs

What problem does Nexus SDV actually solve for an OEM?

Most OEMs struggle with rising software complexity, long release cycles, and escalating platform costs. Nexus SDV addresses this by providing a standardized, production‑ready cloud backbone for Software Defined Vehicles, so internal teams can stop rebuilding the same infrastructure and focus on brand‑relevant differentiation.

How does Nexus SDV impact time to market?

Nexus SDV significantly shortens development and release cycles by offering pre‑integrated telemetry pipelines, CI/CD patterns, and OTA‑ready building blocks. This enables new vehicle functions and digital services to be delivered in months instead of years, without compromising automotive‑grade security or stability.

What is the business case compared to a DIY platform?

Building and operating an in-house SDV backend leads to high fixed costs, duplicated work, and long payback periods. Nexus SDV reduces Total Cost of Ownership by up to ~40% by eliminating redundant hardware, leveraging hyperscale infrastructure, and standardizing non-differentiating components.

Does Nexus SDV lock us into a specific vendor or ecosystem?

No. Nexus SDV is open by design. It combines an open‑source core with modular, pluggable components, allowing OEMs to retain control over architectural decisions, data ownership, and future evolution while avoiding classic vendor lock‑in scenarios.

How does Nexus SDV coexist with our existing E/E architecture and legacy systems?

Nexus SDV supports a hybrid integration approach. Existing vehicle architectures and backend systems remain in place, while Nexus is introduced incrementally as a modernization layer. This minimizes migration risk and avoids disruptive “big-bang” transformations.

What scale and lifecycle horizon is Nexus SDV designed for?

The platform is architected to manage tens of millions of connected vehicles over a 10+ year vehicle lifecycle. Its cloud-native architecture ensures scalability, resilience, and long-term operability across brands, regions, and vehicle generations.

How does Nexus SDV contribute to long term revenue beyond vehicle sales?

Nexus SDV enables continuous OTA updates, feature‑on‑demand models, and AI‑driven services, which support recurring revenue streams and higher Customer Lifetime Value. Vehicles remain digitally relevant over time, positively impacting both first owners and the used‑car market.

Who operates Nexus SDV and how much internal effort is required?

Nexus SDV can be self‑operated by the OEM in its own cloud tenant or consumed as a managed service. This flexibility allows decision‑makers to balance internal capability build‑up with predictable operational costs and risk sharing, depending on strategic priorities.

Interested ? Let’s talk.

If you are interested to learn more about Nexus SDV, make sure to get in contact with Daniel Elhs, Business Director Software Defined Vehicle at Valtech Mobility.
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