Stellantis, BlackBerry QNX and AWS launches world's first virtual cockpit

Amsterdam based global carmaker Stellantis N.V. has introduced the world's first virtual cockpit platform, part of its Stellantis Virtual Engineering Workbench (VEW). This platform speeds up the delivery of cool car tech to customers 100 times faster than before. And how are they doing that? Well, they're using QNX® Hypervisor in the cloud from BlackBerry, which is like a virtual lab for car controls and systems.

“Stellantis can now create realistic virtual versions of car controls and systems, making them behave just like they would in a real car, but without needing to change the main software that runs them, taking what used to take months to be achieved down to 24 hours in some cases,” said the company .

, QNX and launch world’s first virtual cockpit platform! This industry first innovation accelerates Stellantis development cycles up to 100 times, speeding up delivery of infotainment tech to customers. World’s first virtual cockpit platform By accessing QNX Hypervisor through AWS Marketplace, Stellantis can bring a super advanced simulation of a virtual cockpit into a cloud environment.

Stellantis teamed up with AWS, a big cloud provider, in January 2022. "Software virtualization and abstraction in the cloud is vital to accelerating development and maintaining feature delivery on pace with consumer demand," said Wendy Bauer, Vice President and General Manager, Automotive and Manufacturing, AWS.

The virtual cockpit platform also comes with cool tools for virtualizing graphics, audio, and touchscreen/mouse/keyboard inputs, making it almost the same as running QNX Hypervisor based systems in the cloud versus on real hardware. "Software is becoming increasingly crucial in vehicles, leading us to innovate in how we develop and validate it," said Yves Bonnefont, Chief Software Officer at Stellantis.

"With our virtual cockpit, we're revolutionizing not just our approach, but also that of our suppliers and partners in the industry.".