Cummins Adopts AUTOSAR and Containerization for Next-Generation Commercial Vehicle Software
Cummins is overhauling its software architecture with AUTOSAR and container technologies to enable over-the-air updates and a software-defined vehicle platform for commercial trucks.
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What Happened
Cummins Inc. is accelerating its software strategy for commercial vehicles by adopting industry-standard Development and Operations (DevOps) tools and processes, including continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines. The company is also embracing the Automotive Open System Architecture (AUTOSAR) as the foundation for its next-generation software, which will decouple software from hardware and support faster innovation.
Additionally, Cummins is adopting container technology to enable portable edge software that can be deployed consistently across different OEM telematics environments. This containerized approach supports modular over-the-air updates, rapid rollback, and independent scaling of services, allowing digital diagnostics and fleet services to evolve separately from core control software.
- Advanced edge computing with higher performance controls and multicore processing
- Cloud connectivity for continuous software updates and fleet intelligence
- Digital service and diagnostic tools delivering real-time insights and predictive diagnostics
Why this matters
Commercial vehicles are becoming as software-defined as passenger cars, and Cummins' move to standardized, modular software platforms will allow faster updates, better cybersecurity, and easier integration across OEM systems.
Terms in This Story
- AUTOSAR
- A standardized software architecture for automotive electronic control units, enabling hardware-independent software development.
- DevOps
- A set of practices combining software development and IT operations to shorten development cycles and deliver updates frequently.
- Containerization
- A lightweight virtualization method that packages applications with their dependencies for consistent deployment across different computing environments.
- Over-the-air (OTA) update
- A wireless method of delivering software updates to vehicles without requiring a physical connection.
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