Tata Elxsi and Suzuki have inaugurated the ‘Suzuki-Tata Elxsi Cloud HIL Center’ in Trivandrum, India.
The new dedicated facility is Suzuki’s first full-vehicle cloud-enabled Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) validation centre and represents the second engineering centre established under the Tata Elxsi–Suzuki partnership, following the Offshore Development Center (ODC) in Pune.
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The Cloud HIL Centre is engineered for early-stage, full-vehicle simulation and validation through a cloud-native infrastructure. It enables Suzuki’s development and test teams to remotely access HIL infrastructure integrated with Electronic Control Units (ECUs)—reducing reliance on physical prototypes and accelerating validation cycles across R&D centres worldwide. This aligns with Suzuki’s roadmap for Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs), reinforcing a shift toward software-led, scalable development.
Purpose-built to support this transformation, the facility integrates Tata Elxsi’s domain expertise in automotive Verification and Validation (V&V), test automation, and simulation, enabling transformative advancements in development speed, quality, and future readiness, Tata Elxsi says.
As part of Suzuki’s global “SDV Right” strategy for Electrical and Electronic (E/E) Virtual Development, the Cloud HIL Center plays a foundational role in delivering continuous integration, faster release cycles, and system reliability.
This new centre marks a strategic step in the Tata Elxsi–Suzuki partnership, complementing the Pune ODC and anchoring long-term engineering collaboration for future mobility programs worldwide, Tata Elxsi says.
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By GlobalDataKatsuhiro Kato, Director and Executive Vice President of Suzuki, said: “The Suzuki-Tata Elxsi Cloud HIL Center is a new base that leverages Tata Elxsi’s expertise and deep experience to build an advanced and efficient development system. We hope that Suzuki will promote virtualization to realise minimization of energy and contribute to the development of next-generation mobility significantly.”
Manoj Raghavan, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Elxsi, said: “We thank Kato-san and Suzuki Motor Corporation for their continued trust. This new Cloud HIL Center builds on the strong foundation of our Pune ODC and marks a forward leap in our SDV-focused collaboration. It reflects our shared vision for sustainable and smarter mobility.
“It leverages Tata Elxsi’s long standing scaled presence with engineering excellence to drive high-impact localization of global vehicle programs. This center is designed to evolve with next-gen architectures—providing a modular, future-ready foundation that supports agile integration, system continuity, and long-term value creation.
