Software-defined trucks are vehicles designed with hardware-software layers that decouple the capabilities of the vehicle, thus allowing for updates to vehicle features, fleet management, and cloud-based analytics, as well as over-the-air software updates from one or several domains. Rather than being composed of fixed hardware mechanisms with little or no room for upgrades, software-defined trucks have the potential to support ongoing improvements in functionality for vehicles, adaptive mechanisms, and lifecycle flexibility. Software-defined trucks represent a new approach in the engineering of commercial vehicles, where base functionality can be managed and modified through modular software instead of fixed hardware configurations.

• Which software-defined approaches and software platforms will propel growth and impact the transition from hardware-defined to software-defined trucks?
• How can enhanced crash avoidance features and a shift to centralized computing systems enable growth and redefine the future of the software-defined trucks?
• What are the growth drivers and continued implications influencing development life cycles for OEMs, Tier I suppliers, and fleets?