Coretura, the joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, has selected the Alloy Kore foundational software layer for its vehicle operating system.
Alloy Kore is jointly developed by software-defined systems company Vector and QNX, a division of Blackberry Limited.
Through the partnership, Coretura aims to ‘redefine’ how commercial vehicles are developed, deployed and continuously improved through software updates. For Alloy Kore, the partnership marks its first ‘design win’ as it looks to establish itself as a trusted foundation for software-defined vehicle (SDV) innovation.
“Coretura was founded to advance mobility at the speed of ideas,” said Johan Lundén, CEO of Coretura. “We are building one foundation the industry can rely on, so our customers can concentrate their engineering on the applications that bring value to theirs.
“Selecting Alloy Kore is a deliberate step on that path, and it helps us deliver commercial vehicles that keep getting smarter, safer and more valuable long after launch.”
A foundation for advancing SDV
Alloy Kore has been developed to address the challenges of current fragmented vehicle development models, which can often lead to inefficiencies, integration challenges and rising costs.
The software’s safety-critical real-time operating system is combined with a pre-integrated set of common automotive system services into a single scalable vehicle software foundation for deployment across high-performance compute (HPC).
“Coretura’s decision to adopt Alloy Kore marks an important milestone, not only for our platform, but for the advancement of software-defined commercial vehicles as a whole,” added Dr. Matthias Trau, president and managing director of Vector. “The industry needs an open, production-ready software foundation that helps manage complexity and accelerates innovation.
“Together with QNX, we developed Alloy Kore for exactly this purpose: a scalable foundation that, as part of a software-defined vehicle platform, enables OEMs to deliver differentiation faster and more efficiently.”
According to Vector and QNX, Alloy Kore enables reduced integration overhead, faster development cycles, and streamlined certification efforts. With this, the software helps OEMs to focus on engineering investment on brand differentiation at the application layer.
Coretura has selected Alloy Kore through the Vector Distribution, a ready-to-use implementation of the platform. Built on the Alloy Kore architecture, the distribution combines the automotive OS foundation with Vector’s middleware, communication, and integration capabilities for deployment in HPC environments.
For Coretura, this will provide a validated and production-ready software environment that can be adapted to the requirements of its commercial vehicle platform while maintaining a consistent software foundation across development programmes.
“Coretura represents a bold vision for the future of commercial vehicles, where software drives innovation, and the company’s selection of Alloy Kore represents a significant step for the future of software-defined commercial vehicles,” said John Wall, president of QNX.
“Coretura is building the software-defined vehicle platform this industry needs, and they have chosen Alloy Kore as the certified foundational software layer beneath it. That is precisely the role we designed it for.”
