Nexus SDV Platform | Valtech and Google Cloud for Automotive

Nexus: Unlocking the software-defined future of mobility

The automotive industry is transforming, with cars shifting from static machines to dynamic digital products. Consumers now expect their vehicles to behave like their smartphones or smart homes — constantly evolving, connected and tailored to their needs.

Benefits of Nexus for the automotive industry

Customer expectations have changed decisively. More than two-thirds of buyers are willing to switch brands for a better digital experience. They compare in-car interactions to seamless experiences from technology leaders, making personalization and continuous updates the new baseline for loyalty.

Unfortunately, many automotive organizations are held back by legacy systems. Existing platforms are often monolithic and difficult to scale, leading to:

Slow development cycles that stretch into years instead of months.
High costs for new services.
Siloed data that remains locked away, hindering innovation.

Nexus was created to directly address these issues by reducing complexity, cutting time to market and making data more actionable.

Insight

The Customer Odyssey: What car buyers really wan

In this global report, we surveyed more than 1,000 car buyers to understand what matters most to them. This helped us identify and analyze key industry trends — and our findings will challenge long-held industry assumptions.

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An AI-native connected car platform

Nexus is built as an AI-native platform, integrating predictive, generative and multimodal AI capabilities throughout the entire stack. This makes intelligence a core feature, not an add-on.

For developers: AI tools speed up coding, integration and testing, helping them deliver new features faster and more reliably.
For OEMs: Real-time analytics turn vehicle data into meaningful insights, enabling smarter product development and new services.
For customers: Vehicles adapt intuitively, anticipate needs and deliver personalized experiences while continuously upgrading to the latest features and capabilities.

Every service on Nexus, from infotainment updates to new subscription products, inherits AI capabilities by default.

Open-source, scalable and powered by Google Cloud

Nexus is designed to be an open and extensible platform.

Open-source: Its core lowers barriers for OEMs, allowing for fast proofs of concept and a thriving developer community. This foundation enables proprietary premium services on top, balancing accessibility with differentiation.
Powered by Google Cloud: Google Cloud provides industrial-grade scalability and resilience. This cloud-first architecture ensures Nexus can host millions of vehicles efficiently and securely over the long term.
Android Automotive OS alignment: Nexus is fully aligned with Android Automotive OS, a de facto standard for connected vehicles, providing a foundation familiar to customers and proven in the market.

Unlock new revenue streams and customer experiences

The shift to SDVs is about creating new business models and customer experiences. With Nexus, manufacturers can transform cars into evolving products that generate value long after the initial sale.

This opens the door to:

Development and deployment of new subscription-based, on demand or pay-as-you-go features and services
In-car commerce, third-party integrations and marketplaces
Improved customer loyalty and increased brand-lead engagement

Nexus provides the foundation while allowing automakers to layer their own unique brand identities on top.

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The future of mobility 

Nexus is a platform for the future, with a modular design that allows OEMs to scale quickly. Its AI-native architecture ensures access to the latest models and frameworks as AI evolves, and its open-source philosophy promotes industry-wide collaboration. 

By combining Valtech’s expertise in experience innovation with Google Cloud’s technology stack, Nexus provides the backbone for intelligent, adaptable and customer-centric software-defined vehicles. Valtech is here to help you. 

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