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Competing in a software-defined automotive era

New and powerful mobility technologies like advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving, and vehicle electrification are transforming the automotive industry. As software has become a prime value driver in the product development portfolio automakers are feeling the pressure to keep pace with innovation. In the high-stakes race for market share against aggressive and more agile competitors, traditional automakers must evolve quickly or get left behind.

Key challenges

Automotive product development is increasingly complex, spanning design, engineering, testing, and validation across mechanical, electrical, and software domains. New technologies introduce extensive, interdependent requirements that are difficult to track, slow development, and strain cross-team alignment. Growing software volume and continuous updates further demand more robust development and management processes.

Automotive product development is increasingly complex, spanning design, engineering, testing, and validation across mechanical, electrical, and software domains. New technologies introduce extensive, interdependent requirements that are difficult to track, slow development, and strain cross-team alignment. Growing software volume and continuous updates further demand more robust development and management processes.

Managing complex development and integrations

Automakers must manage multiple vehicle programs while aligning agile software development with hardware timelines. Growing system complexity makes testing, validation, and traceability difficult, straining resources and slowing time to market.

Automakers must manage multiple vehicle programs while aligning agile software development with hardware timelines. Growing system complexity makes testing, validation, and traceability difficult, straining resources and slowing time to market.

Navigating regulatory and compliance requirements

Global OEMs face complex, evolving regulations across regions. Meeting strict safety and compliance requirements while scaling software development and ensuring data consistency adds reporting burden, increases lead time, and slows launches.

Global OEMs face complex, evolving regulations across regions. Meeting strict safety and compliance requirements while scaling software development and ensuring data consistency adds reporting burden, increases lead time, and slows launches.

Overcoming organizational silos

Disconnected tools, systems and teams across mechanical, electrical, and software create bottlenecks, delays, and costly rework. Manual workarounds limit data flow, hinder collaboration, and slow development cycles.

Disconnected tools, systems and teams across mechanical, electrical, and software create bottlenecks, delays, and costly rework. Manual workarounds limit data flow, hinder collaboration, and slow development cycles.

The consequences of delay

In a rapidly evolving market defined by software-defined vehicles and electrification, maintaining the status quo is no longer a viable strategy. Organizations that delay resolving these organizational and technical challenges risk more than just temporary setbacks; they face long-term threats to their business viability.

How PTC supports speed to market

Automotive success depends on getting to market faster while maintaining quality and safety. PTC’s Intelligent Product Lifecycle, featuring integrated ALM, PLM, and CAD, helps automotive companies transform product development, accelerate innovation and gain competitive advantage.

To manage complex development and integrations, PTC offers a unified environment, featuring robust requirements, variants and configuration management - to align software, hardware and mechanical. End-to-end traceability, streamlined compliance, and advanced testing ensure standards are met efficiently and setbacks avoided. A digital thread breaks down silos, enables data sharing, and fosters cross-functional collaboration to speed decisions and time to market.

Solutions

PTC solutions enable intelligent collaboration in an agile environment, connected through openness, powered by data and fueled by AI - so teams can work iteratively, adapt quickly to change, and deliver reliably in less time.

PTC solutions enable intelligent collaboration in an agile environment, connected through openness, powered by data and fueled by AI - so teams can work iteratively, adapt quickly to change, and deliver reliably in less time.

Application lifecycle management (ALM)

Designed for automotive software development, ALM enables agile practices, early requirements clarity and parallel development to speed development. AI-driven solutions for requirements authoring and validation improve productivity and quality.

Designed for automotive software development, ALM enables agile practices, early requirements clarity and parallel development to speed development. AI-driven solutions for requirements authoring and validation improve productivity and quality. Explore ALM

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

PLM helps automakers shorten time to market by connecting engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers through a digital thread that reduces complexity and improves collaboration, change control, and the transitions from design to production.

PLM helps automakers shorten time to market by connecting engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers through a digital thread that reduces complexity and improves collaboration, change control, and the transitions from design to production. Explore PLM

Integrated ALM + PLM

A unified digital thread aligns mechanical, electrical, and software domains - enabling early validation, strategic reuse, and complexity management. AI-powered capabilities drive productivity gains and ensure compliance across the lifecycle.

A unified digital thread aligns mechanical, electrical, and software domains - enabling early validation, strategic reuse, and complexity management. AI-powered capabilities drive productivity gains and ensure compliance across the lifecycle. Explore ALM & PLM

CAD - Model-Based Development (MBD)

MBD streamlines product development and improves quality and manufacturability. Design intent is easily communicated, associativity ensures accuracy, and changes propagate automatically

MBD streamlines product development and improves quality and manufacturability. Design intent is easily communicated, associativity ensures accuracy, and changes propagate automatically Explore MBD

Acceleration strategies for faster, safer automotive innovation

Modern automakers face rising complexity. This handbook shows how ALM and PLM streamline development, strengthen safety and cybersecurity, and boost collaboration to accelerate delivery without compromising quality.

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Success stories

Automobili Lamborghini

<p>Lamborghini streamlines development with a connected digital thread, boosting collaboration, cutting complexity, and enabling faster delivery of high‑performance vehicles. </p>

Volvo Group

<p>Volvo Group implemented PLM to shorten design cycles and service delivery times, improve sustainability, and reduce costs. </p>

Veoneer

<p>Veoneer, a leading automotive safety system provider leveraged ALM to enhance compliance visibility and real-time traceability. </p>

HPE COXA

<p>HPE COXA used CAD to shorten design and production time by 30% and halve the time from overall concept to delivery. </p>

Automobili Lamborghini Lamborghini streamlines development with a connected digital thread, boosting collaboration, cutting complexity, and enabling faster delivery of high‑performance vehicles. Volvo Group Volvo Group implemented PLM to shorten design cycles and service delivery times, improve sustainability, and reduce costs. Veoneer Veoneer, a leading automotive safety system provider leveraged ALM to enhance compliance visibility and real-time traceability. HPE COXA HPE COXA used CAD to shorten design and production time by 30% and halve the time from overall concept to delivery.

Upcoming automotive events

Discover what’s next for automotive innovation with PTC’s upcoming events. From digital transformation to cutting‑edge engineering insights, these sessions bring together the pioneers of mobility. Explore the automotive events designed to move your business forward.

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Speed to market resources

Don’t get outpaced

Find out why key industry shifts have made traditional automotive development inadequate.

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Unifying ALM and PLM to accelerate smarter, connected product development

Integrated ALM and PLM break down engineering silos, strengthen traceability, and enable faster, higher‑quality innovation across complex, software‑driven products.

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Volkswagen Group’s adoption of Codebeamer to support software development 

PTC and Volkswagen Group partnered with Microsoft to help amplify the value of Codebeamer by embedding generative AI with Microsoft Azure AI capabilities.

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 CIMdata: Enterprise ALM accelerates the pace of innovation

CIMdata recommends that PTC’s ALM capabilities are well integrated in the PLM ecosystem to address customer’s multi-domain product and agile development needs.

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