This also marks the beginning of a strategic partnership with software company Qt, whose innovations will be seamlessly integrated into the Donut platform.
Donut Lab’s modular technology platform, introduced in November, offers a library of compatible components, such as an electric motor, battery pack, and on-board vehicle computer. These components have been designed to operate together without any manual integration work, which significantly accelerates and simplifies the development of electric vehicles.
At CES, the company is now revealing more about the features of the upcoming software layer of the Donut platform, aiming to speed up the development of vehicle software tenfold, while increasing vehicle safety and testing through new technologies.
Donut Lab says it is developing the world's first no-code environment for vehicles, which means that, in the future, all software logic for cars and drones can be done with a graphical user interface instead of traditional programming-based code. This significantly reduces the number of errors, increases vehicle safety and accelerates development work.
“Although the physical components of the Donut platform, such as the motor and battery pack, are already revolutionising the automotive industry, a completely new software layer has also been part of the plan from the very beginning” said Marko Lehtimäki from Donut Lab. “With the help of an intelligent software layer, we can automatically integrate physical components, but in addition to this, we are now developing future software development solutions that will make vehicle development significantly more efficient and agile. At the core of all of this is advanced artificial intelligence, and in the future, the artificial intelligence features of the Donut platform will improve vehicle design, development, testing and validation in unimaginable ways.”
Donut Lab's vision for the Donut platform is to create a dynamic ecosystem of technology partners that fosters continuous innovation and enhances vehicle development methods. The platform's scalability and seamless integration of third-party technologies, both software and hardware, are designed to bring this vision to life.
The company’s strategic collaboration with the international software company Qt is a significant step towards its vision. Qt introduced its new Qt Accelerate solution at CES this year, aiming to automate and streamline the development of HMI (Human-Machine Interface) user interfaces for electric vehicles. This innovative solution will soon be integrated into the Donut platform, further enhancing its capabilities.
“With the help of Qt Accelerate, the development of HMI interfaces will become automated and significantly more efficient” added Petteri Holländer, Senior Vice President, Ventures, Qt Group. “The technology to be integrated into the Donut platform will recognize the vehicle configuration and will be able to create an HMI that matches the vehicle's actual features. This takes place completely automatically and therefore requires no manual work.”
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