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Mobility virtualization hub

Virtualization platform for seamless cross-domain software integration and validation in the cloud

The mobility virtualization hub is a zero-install solution that unifies key virtualization capabilities in a single cloud-native platform. The solution transforms vehicle software development from bespoke and siloed projects to a continuous, modular, and scalable approach to system integration, validation, and lifecycle management.

The platform is a fully managed service orchestrated by Bosch that provides the integrated, scalable, and credible foundation needed to deliver safe, reliable, and high-quality automotive software at speed.

Accelerated

time-to-market

Reusable assets and shorter integration loops can accelerate time-to-market

Robust

safety and quality

Redefine SDV credibility and reliability across domains with reproducible testing and qualified releases

Reduced

validation costs

Substantial validation cost reduction through a "shift-left" approach

Comprehensive

traceability

Seamless lifecycle management from system architecture to feature development and deployment

Operating principle

The end-to-end virtualization workflow

The mobility virtualization hub streamlines vehicle software development by integrating diverse software components, simulation models, and virtual ECUs from a heterogeneous ecosystem of partners. These assets are brought into a continuous DevOps cycle for rapid iteration and then unified within the virtualization stack.

This allows for cross-domain integration and validation of all vehicle features, from ADAS to infotainment, on a virtualized hardware and middleware platform in the cloud. The process culminates in a "virtual release," enabling comprehensive testing of the entire vehicle software system before it is deployed to physical hardware.

Step 1: Input diverse software components, simulation models, and virtual ECUs from a heterogeneous ecosystem of partners

Step 2: Unify assets into the virtualization stack for cross-domain integration and validation

Step 3: Virtual release for deployment in SDVs

Application layer

Core layer

Infrastructure layer

A layered architecture built for flexibility and scale

The architecture of the mobility virtualization hub is comprised of three distinct layers, each playing a crucial role in its functionality and scalability:

The application layer provides the cross-domain application and use case workspace, featuring a micro frontend and API interface, where specific automotive functions (i.e., ADAS features, vehicle dynamics, virtual system on chip, etc.) are managed.

The core layer centrally manages the platform's essential components, such as customer onboarding, user roles, access management, and system monitoring. Additionally, it provides advanced validation capabilities including a native validation tool, reusable integration and validation templates, and robust frameworks for data-driven validation.

Built upon the AWS Virtual Engineering Workbench, the infrastructure layer provides the foundational architecture for cross-domain integration. It offers a suite of core services and standardized interfaces that enable diverse assets such as software components, simulation models, and virtual ECUs from various partners to connect and operate cohesively within a unified virtualization stack.

A unified platform for seamless software integration and validation

Software-driven automotive innovation is accelerating rapidly – and with it, the need to relieve validation bottlenecks. As vehicle manufacturers face rising complexity across vehicle variants, supplier ecosystems, and hardware platforms, the industry is placing increasing emphasis on consistent builds, portable software integration, and compliance with evolving EURO NCAP, ADAS, and other standards.

The evolution of the modern vehicle into a complex system of systems, composed of diverse, multi-supplier components coupled with software functions, makes their seamless integration and validation a key industry challenge.

To address these industry needs, Bosch has developed the mobility virtualization hub: a cloud-native virtualization platform for seamless cross-domain software integration and validation. It eliminates the traditional validation bottleneck by enabling a shift to a virtual-first approach for the entire automotive value chain – leveraging secure APIs and agentic AI workflows, and providing a simulation platform with credible simulation framework* to accelerate innovation, ensure quality, and deliver the future of mobility.

_{* Based on the internal “Robert Bosch Credibility of Simulation Framework” which is aligned with various applicable external standards.}

Key features

Scalable and modular layered architecture

Combines a robust, scalable layered architecture, supporting application workspaces and virtual target provisioning with a structured systems engineering approach – ensuring end-to-end traceability and streamline development for high flexibility and reusability.

Automated workflows

End-to-end automation of setup, integration, simulation, and validation, including infrastructure provisioning, scenario management, and performance monitoring.

Variant and configuration management

Manages component variants via state-of-the-art variant handling approach and configuration management based on recipes, allowing automated deployment and maintenance of virtual test environments.

Seamless artifact exchange

Exchange of virtual artifacts such as virtual ECUs and models with vehicle manufacturers and partners via APIs, ensuring security, certification, continuous delivery, and credibility.

Secure enterprise integration

Designed for compliance with enterprise IT and security, supporting multi-tenancy, data isolation, and flexible deployment in target infrastructures.

Integrated cost and performance analysis

State-of-the-art tools for managing and optimizing cloud resource expenses for efficient and cost-conscious virtual testing of automotive compliance requirements.

Partner ecosystem

Ecosystem with a wide range of partners

The mobility virtualization hub actively integrates with a wide range of partners along the automotive value chain to create a comprehensive and neutral orchestration layer. This includes:

Cloud providers: Hyperscalers powering public cloud platforms
SoC vendors: Silicon partners providing virtual hardware and chiplet stacks enabling virtual SoC deployment in the cloud
Tool providers: Co-simulation, modeling and test automation tooling integrated through standard interfaces
Standardization and certification bodies: VDA, ISO/DIN, UNECE, AIS, NCAP, TÜV

Procuct benefits of the mobility virtualization hub

BENEFITS FOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURERS

Credible cloud-native platform for cross-domain integration and validation
Scalable and flexible test execution for speed and coverage
Compliance-grade traceability from requirements to regulatory evidence
System integration transparency across vehicle manufacturers and partners
A variety of integrated tools and solutions

BENEFITS FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS AND ENGINEERS

A centralized platform for transparent, cross-domain integration
Virtual sandbox for fast code testing and debugging in integrated environment
A centralized platform for transparent, cross-domain integration
A unified platform with federation across toolchains
Scalable virtual validation on the cloud
Compliance-grade traceability

Holistic mobility solutions across all domains and vehicle segments.

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