HERE Technologies announced that it has joined Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge (SOAFEE), an industry-led initiative focused on accelerating the transition to software-defined vehicles (SDVs). SOAFEE brings together automakers, suppliers and technology companies around a standardized, open architecture designed to simplify the development, deployment and scaling of SDVs. As part of this move, HERE will also join the SOAFEE Technical Steering Committee, contributing its expertise in AI-powered mapmaking and location intelligence to support open, cloud-native development frameworks for next-generation vehicle software. Through SOAFEE's open governance model, HERE will support faster prototyping, integration and collaborative innovation across the SDV ecosystem.

HERE's decision to join SOAFEE is driven by the automotive industry's shift toward increasingly software-defined vehicles, where location intelligence is described as essential for accelerating the development of functions ranging from assisted and automated driving to next-generation digital cockpit and navigation experiences. By joining SOAFEE, HERE will support the integration of mapping, geospatial data and real-time location services into SDV software stacks. The company aims to help the automotive industry integrate geospatial technology seamlessly across cloud and vehicle environments, while leveraging real-time location data with safety and performance requirements through HERE's AI-powered live map, dynamic data pipelines and sensor fusion capabilities.

Severin Bredahl-Banovic, vice president of Business and Solution Architecture at HERE Technologies, said that SDVs depend on real-time, automotive-grade location intelligence and described SOAFEE as providing an open, cloud-native framework for building vehicle software at scale, adding that by joining the Technical Steering Committee, HERE intends to contribute its live maps, data pipelines and location expertise to help develop SDV platforms that are scalable, interoperable and ready for the road.

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