Japanese industry body formed an SDV platform committee with Nissan, Honda and Mazda

The Japan Embedded Systems Technology Association (JASA) said on 5 November that it had set up an SDx Platform Committee and that the committee had begun work. According to JASA’s release, ten companies take part, three of them automakers, and the committee will work across the industry to establish and demonstrate a common architecture for a next-generation development platform built around software.

The members listed as of 1 November are Aisin, Astemo, eSOL, Vitz, T Lead Sciences, Denso, Nissan, Panasonic Automotive Systems, Honda and Mazda. The chair is Masaki Gondo, president, chief executive and chief technology officer of eSOL, the embedded software company that was the subject of a management buyout offer in October.

JASA said the committee will focus on software-defined vehicles until the end of 2027, using demonstration projects among its members to establish a common architecture and to resolve problems in collaboration between companies. It will also consider combining the work with model-based development. From January 2027 it plans to set up working groups by technical area and to recruit new members, and from 2028 to extend the work beyond vehicles to fields such as robots and smart cities.

The association said it will present the detailed activity plan on 19 November at the SDx Conference, part of EdgeTech+ 2026 at Pacifico Yokohama.