Automotive software development:
our solutions and best practices

Automotive software development: our solutions and best practices

Our automotive software development expertise

As a Zinnov-recognized automotive software developer, Itransition delivers corporate and customer-facing solutions to cover various automotive business needs. We are ready to handle the full cycle of automotive software development, from consulting to post-deployment support.

Our automotive software development expertise

Itransition provides expert consultancy for automotive organizations to help select the right technology for their businesses, plan the development process, and seamlessly implement new software.

The Itransition team uses the best software development practices to build robust and efficient automotive software, tailored to our clients' most deliberate business needs.

We help automotive enterprises build more coherent and strong digital ecosystems by integrating their software with corporate or third-party products and services.

Our experts help automotive enterprises maintain their software solutions' health, safety, and cost-efficiency by providing timely monitoring, audits, customizations, and updates.

Itransition helps enterprises revamp their legacy automotive systems by providing selective improvements (UX/UI, functionality, or workflow reworks), running data migration, or completely reworking the software.

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Our automotive software solutions

Itransition delivers various types of automotive software to help enterprises automate operations, make more intelligent decisions, optimize specific work aspects, and scale their business.

Dealership management solutions

We customize platform-based software, for example Salesforce and Odoo, and develop custom DMS that enable enterprises to take full control of every dealership management aspect, including sales, service follow-up, financing, insurance, and warehouse management.

Sales

Itransition’s platform-based and custom DMS applications can help salespeople track vehicle stock levels and have information about customer preferences at hand in order to generate suitable offers on the spot and significantly increase conversions.

Service and spare parts

We develop DMS solutions to provide detailed information about service orders, stock availability, and reserved parts. Such software can simplify otherwise complex warehouse management workflows, enabling businesses to forecast demand and adjust stock levels.

Financing and insurance

We can automate accounting workflows, integrating them into a DMS so that enterprise employees can efficiently measure KPIs, evaluate business performance, and manage invoices, service contracts, and insurance policies. Our solutions also enable auto finance to streamline car purchasing.

Selected automotive solution examples

Over the years of operating in the automotive industry, we have completed many projects that have brought practical benefits to our customers.

An automotive mobile app

25%

customer base increase

We redesigned a support and sales mobile app and enhanced it with new features, including pricing localization, e-signature, and push notifications.

Cloud business intelligence

70%

faster time-to-market

We developed a BI software suite based on the microservices architecture and conducted data migration for a global automotive BI vendor.

A vehicle-related data platform

12+ million

registered vehicles

Itransition helped a German tech startup build a SaaS platform and two apps for iOS and Android purposed for vehicle owners and automotive enterprises.

On-demand truck sharing solution

4-in-1

automotive solution

Our team built a suite of two mobile apps and two websites to help a truck-sharing enterprise connect truck owners and clients.

An automotive mobile app

25%

customer base increase

We redesigned a support and sales mobile app and enhanced it with new features, including pricing localization, e-signature, and push notifications.

Cloud business intelligence

70%

faster time-to-market

We developed a BI software suite based on the microservices architecture and conducted data migration for a global automotive BI vendor.

A vehicle-related data platform

12+ million

registered vehicles

Itransition helped a German tech startup build a SaaS platform and two apps for iOS and Android purposed for vehicle owners and automotive enterprises.

On-demand truck sharing solution

4-in-1

automotive solution

Our team built a suite of two mobile apps and two websites to help a truck-sharing enterprise connect truck owners and clients.

An automotive mobile app

25%

customer base increase

We redesigned a support and sales mobile app and enhanced it with new features, including pricing localization, e-signature, and push notifications.

Cloud business intelligence

70%

faster time-to-market

We developed a BI software suite based on the microservices architecture and conducted data migration for a global automotive BI vendor.

A vehicle-related data platform

12+ million

registered vehicles

Itransition helped a German tech startup build a SaaS platform and two apps for iOS and Android purposed for vehicle owners and automotive enterprises.

On-demand truck sharing solution

4-in-1

automotive solution

Our team built a suite of two mobile apps and two websites to help a truck-sharing enterprise connect truck owners and clients.

Software platforms we work with

Itransition helps enterprises leverage the technological capabilities of the world’s most powerful off-the-shelf software platforms and tailor them to automotive businesses’ needs.
Salesforce is a robust cloud-based CRM platform that offers a plethora of marketing, sales, service, and customer relationship management tools for enterprises.
Key features
  • Omnichannel marketing and sales
  • Cross-selling enablement
  • Ecommerce personalization
  • AI-powered analytics and reports
Pricing
  • Sales Cloud starts at $25 per user per month
Trial
  • Free trial available

Automotive software development roadmap

We can join your software development process at any stage to help you build robust and competitive automotive solutions.

1

Analysis

Analyzing automotive business needs
Defining software requirements
Defining the project scope

2

Design

Designing software architecture
Estimating time and budget
Selecting implementation technology and approach

3

Development

Front-end development
Back-end development
Feature engineering

4

QA & testing

Test automation
Functional and non-functional tests
Test reporting

5

Deployment

Deployment automation
Data migration
Software integration

6

Support

Software maintenance
Continuous monitoring
Functional upgrades

Modern automotive software architecture

The gap between a technologically strong business and a less advanced enterprise increases yearly. Limited by legacy software architecture, companies can lose competitiveness. Specifying boundaries between software components, decoupling the architecture, and increasing its modularity are the keys to overcoming this gap.

Cloud platformConnectivity (backhaul)User interface/user experience/human-machine interfaceApplicationsArtificial intelligence/advanced analyticsMiddleware layer/operating systemElectrical/electronic hardwareSensors/actuators/power componentsVehicleApplication layerto be restructured around services: Applications to be built according to modern software-development practices and without making assumptions about the underlying hardware AI/AA to use specialized hardware via middleware/librariesMiddleware layerto abstract hardware and expose APIs to upper layers: Modular middleware structure APIs to define complex, standardized sets of hardware functions that can be used in upper layers Standardized operating systems to harmonize functions across multiple types of electronic and domain control units and sensors, ensuring interoperabilityCloud platformConnectivity (backhaul)User interface/user experience/human-machine interfaceApplicationsArtificial intelligence/advanced analyticsMiddleware layer/operating systemElectrical/electronic hardwareSensors/actuators/power componentsVehicleApplication layerto be restructured around services: Applications to be built according to modern software-development practices and without making assumptions about the underlying hardware AI/AA to use specialized hardware via middleware/librariesMiddleware layerto abstract hardware and expose APIs to upper layers: Modular middleware structure APIs to define complex, standardized sets of hardware functions that can be used in upper layers Standardized operating systems to harmonize functions across multiple types of electronic and domain control units and sensors, ensuring interoperability

Scheme title: Automotive software target architecture. Supports decoupling of hardware and software and features a strong middleware layer
Data source: mckinsey.com — When code is king: Mastering automotive software excellence

Key pillars of effective automotive software

While there are many ways of defining software success, at Itransition, we guarantee our solutions correspond to the four major principles:

SecureCompliantScalableHigh-quality
Scalable
Our software solutions can be scaled horizontally and vertically on demand.
Secure
We implement robust security measures to protect our solutions against any cyber threat, be it malware, ransomware, or DDoS attacks.
High-quality
We build competitive products that are intuitive, user-friendly, stable, and easy to install.
Compliant
Our automotive solutions comply with global and industry-specific standards such as ISO 27001, ISO 26262, IATF 16949, and TISAX.

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Main automotive software challenges

Automotive software development inevitably comes with a number of challenges. However, you can overcome any obstacles if you approach them correctly.

Challenge

Solution

Growing software complexity

Challenge

Solution

Modern automotive systems have larger code bases and are becoming more complex than ever, making IT management challenging.

Adopting continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) practices and automated testing methodology can help overcome these challenges. Also, enterprises can resort to managed IT services.

Increased cybersecurity risk

Challenge

Solution

The number of cyber threats has increased in recent years, putting driving safety and end-user data at risk.

Product development teams can implement robust security monitoring tools based on AI and ML. In addition, enterprises should run regular security audits of their digital ecosystems.

Dynamic requirements management

Challenge

Solution

Automotive software engineering implies constant updating and optimization, requiring new software delivery models.

By implementing a SaaS delivery model, enterprises can continuously deliver new services and add value to their solutions.

Increased total cost of ownership (TCO)

Challenge

Solution

Since automotive software development is no longer a one-time delivery, enterprises should spend more on continuous updating and maintenance.

By using small maintenance codes and utilizing open source software development tools, automotive system engineers can reduce some of the IT costs.

Automotive software market overview

Powertrain and chassis
Body and energy
ADAS and HAD
Infotainment, connectivity, security, connected services
Operating system and middleware

CAGR
2019–2030,%

Scheme title: Total automotive software market, $ billions
Note: Figures may not sum, because of rounding.
Software includes function development, integration, and verification or validation.
Advanced diver assistance systems.
Highly autonomous driving.
Data source: mckinsey.com — Outlook on the automotive software and electronics market through 2030

of future differentiating car features are software-based

World Economic Forum

of accidents can be reduced by autonomous vehicles

World Economic Forum

the expected global adoption rate for L4 autonomous vehicles by 2030

Statista

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On-demand truck sharing solution

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PayLoader automates the whole transportation process from an order placement to payment processing and client reviews management.

Automotive mobile app redesign and development

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Find out how Itransition redesigned and upgraded an automotive mobile app for customer and sales support for a global battery technology expert.