CORPORATE STRATEGY
AVL and Microsoft
Global Partners
for Intelligent and
Sustainable Mobility
Together, AVL and Microsoft are driving the digital
transformation of vehicle development. The world’s leading
mobility solutions provider and the technology company are
combining their expertise to help vehicle manufacturers bring
their innovations to market faster than ever before. The key to
accelerating development cycles lies in the power of data.
n August 2023, AVL and Microsoft entered an exclusive
strategic partnership. Their common goal is to make vehicle
development even more efficient and sustainable – thereby
helping to shape the future of mobility. To this end, AVL uses
the secure, AI-based cloud solutions provided by the Ameri-
can software leader. Together, the partners will also focus on
overhauling software functions that currently define vehicle
development.
The collaboration addresses Microsoft’s primary goal of
supporting customers to increase their business growth and
drive digitalization–thus creating positive effects on people
and economies.
Now, AVL is part of the world’s largest partner ecosystem, with
400,000 partners in more than 225 countries. “The strategic
partnership with Microsoft enables us to boost the digital
transformation,” says Jens Poggenburg, Executive Vice Pres-
ident AVL. “Pooling expertise allows us to refine the engineer-
ing and toolchain offering for our customers at top speed.”
Today, around 3,000 software experts at AVL are already work-
ing on making the car of the future fit for real road traffic using
virtual methods. All experts work independently of time and
place within the digital space. The data collected from simu-
lation and testing flows together into the cloud. This means
data is stored safely and securely— and can be evaluated with
maximum efficiency using AVL’s intelligent algorithms.
Cloud-Based Methodology: High Flexibility, Global Usage
A cloud-based approach to vehicle development allows a
broad integration of AVL software. These tools are available to
global development teams, including manufacturers, anytime
and anywhere.
The key word here is: “Software as a Service.” This model
enables simultaneous access for all project stakeholders and
encourages collaborative and innovative solutions as part
of an open development process. Even with limited storage
or computing power, there is no need to invest in new hard-
ware — be it in engineering, simulation, or testing.
The integration of high-performance computing (HPC)
complements this approach and takes it to the next level.
HPC enables CPU-intensive tasks to be handled without the
constraints of physical hardware capacity, which contributes
to the scalability and efficiency of software testing.
Sebastian Jagsch, Global Head of Partner Management AVL,
illustrates what this means on a higher level: “Revolutionary
solutions are being created here, taking the development and
validation of vehicle systems to the next level. This ground-
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