As with other ASAP projects, numerous ASAP experts from different divisions have worked or are working together on PAK and the ASAP Testsphere. Specialists from the Software and Electrics/Electronics divisions have developed the ASAP Testsphere over several years and are also responsible for end-to-end test management for customers and the respective test design.
Martin Ott, COO at the ASAP Group and responsible for the Group's E/E development, says: “At ASAP, we specifically bring together different ways of thinking and diverse expertise. In our experience, this promotes innovation and leads to the best possible solutions for our customers more quickly, even against the backdrop of the ever-increasing requirements of software-defined vehicles. This interdisciplinary approach has been further strengthened since the start of the collaboration between the ASAP Group and the global IT group HCLTech on August 31, 2023.”
The collaboration combines ASAP's agility and flexibility in automotive engineering with HCLTech's extensive expertise, resources and global network. With its 1,700 employees at nine locations in Germany, ASAP offers comprehensive development services as an independent subsidiary of HCLTech with a focus on e-mobility, autonomous driving and connectivity. The IT group HCLTech in turn employs more than 225,000 people in more than 60 countries and, as an end-to-end development and integration partner, brings its 30 years of IT and software expertise from other industries to the automotive sector to develop customized solutions. At ELIV, for example, visitors were given an insight into a 3D laser scanning system developed by HCLTech for detecting obstacles and free spaces for autonomous vehicles, as well as an interactive driver monitoring system that warns of distractions and hazards in real time.
Marcus Hiller, COO of the ASAP Group and responsible for the Group's software development, says: “At the international ELIV with several hundred participants from all over the world, we were once again able to attract attention with the diversity of our engineering portfolio, the consistency of our services and the complementary competencies of HCLTech. These factors will become even more important in the future, because in the globalized and software-dominated automotive industry, the development cycles for new prototypes are becoming ever shorter and the time-to-market is decreasing significantly as a result.”