Background
The AUTOSAR partnership is an alliance of OEM manufacturers and Tier 1 automotive suppliers working together to develop and establish a de-facto open industry standard for automotive E/E architecture which will serve as a basic infrastructure for the management of functions within both future applications and standard software modules.
Initial discussions on the common challenge and objectives were held by BMW, Bosch, Continental, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen in August, 2002 and the partners were joined soon afterwards by Siemens VDO.
A joint technical team was set up in November, 2002, to establish the technical implementation strategy. The partnership between the Core Partners was formally signed off in July, 2003. Ford Motor Company joined as a Core Partner in November, 2003. Peugeot Citroën Automobiles S.A. and Toyota Motor Corporation joined as Core Partners in December, 2003. General Motors became Core Partner in November, 2004.
In February 2008 Siemens VDO became part of Continental. Since this Siemens VDO is no longer a self-contained Core Partner of AUTOSAR.
Initial discussions on the common challenge and objectives were held by BMW, Bosch, Continental, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen in August, 2002 and the partners were joined soon afterwards by Siemens VDO.
A joint technical team was set up in November, 2002, to establish the technical implementation strategy. The partnership between the Core Partners was formally signed off in July, 2003. Ford Motor Company joined as a Core Partner in November, 2003. Peugeot Citroën Automobiles S.A. and Toyota Motor Corporation joined as Core Partners in December, 2003. General Motors became Core Partner in November, 2004.
In February 2008 Siemens VDO became part of Continental. Since this Siemens VDO is no longer a self-contained Core Partner of AUTOSAR.