India, Sept. 22 -- The automotive sector is experiencing one of the largest shifts it has ever gone through. Historically, vehicles have been defined by mechanical engineering and hardware innovation; however, vehicles are increasingly becoming software-defined, where cloud computing, data integration, and digital services are as critically important to vehicles as the wheels and engines.

This shift, particularly for electric mobility, is more than just technological change; it is a necessity. Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) manifest the blending of automotive and cloud computing to create new opportunities for safety, efficiency, personalization, and sustainability.

Vehicles have historically been hardware-intensive machines, where mo...