Jungheinrich and Vector are building a common electronics platform for forklift trucks

Jungheinrich, the Hamburg-based maker of forklift trucks, and Vector said they are jointly developing an electronics platform for future generations of connected, software-defined forklift trucks, according to a Jungheinrich release dated 12 November that Vector also published on a page dated 11 November. These are material-handling vehicles, not road vehicles.

The companies said the platform combines an E/E architecture with a modular, reusable embedded software platform and backend and cloud services, with connected vehicle components integrated through a central control unit. The project covers communication, diagnostics, update and configuration management, functional safety, cybersecurity and variant management, and cloud connectivity is meant to support remote diagnostics, over-the-air updates, fleet management and data acquisition. The aim, they said, is to consolidate previous individual solutions on one common foundation that Jungheinrich can deploy across vehicle types and generations.

Vector said it contributes MICROSAR-based embedded software, architecture, integration, virtual development environments, test solutions and CI/CD pipelines, alongside engineering services. The release gave no timeline, no first product and no financial terms.