Here joins Soafee: Standards for Software-Defined Vehicles

Software-Defined Vehicle Here Technologies Joins SDV Consortium Soafee

2026-05-27 From Berit Klotz 1 min Reading Time

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The map service specialist joins the Soafee industry initiative. As a member of the technical steering committee, Here wants to standardize its location intelligence for software-defined vehicles.

Here contributes its expertise in real-time maps to the Soafee consortium.(Image: HERE Technologies) — Here contributes its expertise in real-time maps to the Soafee consortium.
(Image: HERE Technologies)

The map service provider Here Technologies is joining the industry initiative Soafee (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge). This was announced by the company. Soafee is a cross-industry initiative that brings together car manufacturers, suppliers and technology groups to establish a standardized, open and cloud-native architecture for software-defined vehicles (SDV).

As part of the accession, Here will become a direct member of Soafee's technical steering committee. There, the company plans to contribute its expertise in the areas of AI-supported mapping and location intelligence to the development of open frameworks. The aim is to make it easier and seamless to integrate maps, geodata and location-based real-time services into new vehicle software stacks in the future.

VW is developing a new E/E architecture for its future Chinese models. Experts say that the technology in this area is developing faster than the organizations. (Image:Volkswagen AG)

Prototyping to Be Significantly Accelerated

Soafee's open governance model aims to contribute to rapid prototyping, simplified integration and collaborative innovation across the SDV ecosystem. The company looks forward to contributing its live map, dynamic data pipelines and sensor fusion capabilities to help the industry develop scalable and interoperable SDV platforms.

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