Google Cloud and RemotiveLabs enable full virtual vehicle development on Arm-based infrastructure

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Google Cloud and RemotiveLabs introduced a method to develop and integration-test entire software-defined vehicles in the cloud, eliminating the need for physical hardware during early development phases.
Early customer engagements with RemotiveLabs measured more than 10x faster integration cycles by moving the slowest and most expensive integration phase into the cloud.
The solution leverages Android Automotive OS (AAOS) running on Cuttlefish within Arm-based Google Cloud instances, ensuring the virtual environment matches the vehicle's actual Arm architecture.
RemotiveTopology acts as a virtual harness that connects the cockpit to a simulated electrical and electronic (E/E) architecture, using manufacturers' existing network design files to create a vehicle-as-code specification.
The platform supports early integration of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and infotainment, allowing real-time signal exchange and cross-domain visibility before physical benches or samples are ready.
Google's Axion C4A metal instances provide bare-metal Arm access for automotive systems development, ensuring software parity between the cloud and the vehicle's actual control modules without re-tooling.
RemotiveLabs publishes an open-source simplified vehicle on GitHub that runs on standard Linux tooling, and RemotiveTopology is available in the Horizon agentic innovation platform.

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