Nissan Motor has selected Red Hat’s In-Vehicle Operating System for its next-generation central vehicle computer under a co-engineering programme focused on software-defined vehicles.
The collaboration centres on integrating Red Hat’s operating system into Nissan’s scalable open software platform (SW PF).
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It creates a standardised Linux-based foundation designed to support software and technology updates across a vehicle’s lifecycle.
According to the company statement, Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System is built on the architecture of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and is intended to separate application development from the underlying hardware infrastructure.
The platform is expected to allow Nissan to roll out feature updates more regularly while maintaining automotive-grade safety and security requirements.
Red Hat In-Vehicle Operating System vice president and general manager Francis Chow said: “Through our collaboration with Nissan, we are working to deliver a reliable, open source foundation for the next generation of in-vehicle computing and establish a standardised platform that supports long-term innovation and scalability for the global automotive industry.”
The initiative also introduces an integrated engineering model in which Red Hat personnel will work directly within Nissan’s development pipeline.
Red Hat said the approach is aimed at reducing the integration challenges commonly associated with complex automotive software systems and giving Nissan more direct oversight of its software environment.
According to the statement, Nissan selected the platform based on Red Hat’s ability to support and maintain automotive software foundations over long periods, reflecting the extended lifecycle requirements of vehicle platforms.
The statement also said the software platform has been designed to support artificial intelligence (AI)-native workflows, with AI incorporated into the core architecture rather than added as a secondary layer.
It added that the approach is intended to simplify validation processes and improve developer productivity.
Nissan Motor SDV software platform development department general manager Kazuma Sugimoto added: “We chose Red Hat because they provide the technical depth required for a mission-critical platform that must remain on the road for decades.
“This joint engineering initiative for our next-generation central vehicle computer gives us the agility to pivot and scale innovation across our global fleet.”
