Mr. John Wall reports

CORETURA SELECTS ALLOY KORE TO ADVANCE A UNIQUE SOFTWARE-DEFINED VEHICLE PLATFORM FOR ITS COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CUSTOMERS

Coretura, the software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform company founded by Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, has selected Alloy Kore (the foundational software layer jointly developed by Vector, a leading ecosystem partner for software-defined systems, and QNX, a division of BlackBerry Ltd.) to accelerate its vision for the next generation of software-defined commercial vehicles. The milestone underscores Coretura's pioneering efforts to redefine how commercial vehicles are developed, deployed and continuously improved through software updates and marks the first design win for Alloy Kore, reinforcing its role as a trusted foundation for SDV innovation.

Leading the transformation of commercial vehicle software

Coretura is building an SDV platform for commercial vehicles, based on one platform and one standard. To advance this mission, Coretura has selected Alloy Kore as the safety-certified software platform foundation within its SDV platform architecture, targeted at high-performance compute (HPC) in the commercial vehicle environment.

"Coretura was founded to advance mobility at the speed of ideas," said Johan Lunden, chief executive officer of Coretura. "We are building one foundation the industry can rely on, so our customers can concentrate their engineering on the applications that bring value to theirs. Selecting Alloy Kore is a deliberate step on that path, and it helps us deliver commercial vehicles that keep getting smarter, safer and more valuable long after launch."

Alloy Kore: a strategic foundation for SDVs

The industry is rapidly advancing toward vehicles powered by hundreds of millions of lines of code, yet today's fragmented development model leads to inefficiencies, integration challenges and rising costs. Alloy Kore addresses these challenges by combining a safety-certified real-time operating system with a preintegrated set of common automotive system services into a single, scalable vehicle software foundation for deployment across HPC (high-performance computing). The result is significantly reduced integration overhead, faster development cycles, streamlined certification efforts and the ability for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to focus engineering investment on brand differentiation at the application layer.

Implementing Alloy Kore: the Vector Distribution

Coretura selected Alloy Kore through the Vector Distribution, a ready-to-use implementation of the platform. Built on the Alloy Kore architecture, the distribution combines the automotive OS (operating system) foundation with Vector's middleware, communication and integration capabilities for deployment in high-performance computing environments. For Coretura, this will provide a validated and production-ready software environment that can be adapted to the requirements of its commercial vehicle platform while maintaining a consistent software foundation across development programs.

From early access to first customer

Coretura's selection of Alloy Kore reflects a wider shift toward shared software foundations, with engineering concentrated where it genuinely differentiates.

"Coretura represents a bold vision for the future of commercial vehicles, where software drives innovation, and the company's selection of Alloy Kore represents a significant step for the future of software-defined commercial vehicles," said John Wall, president, QNX. "Coretura is building the software-defined vehicle platform this industry needs, and they have chosen Alloy Kore as the certified foundational software layer beneath it. That is precisely the role we designed it for."

"Coretura's decision to adopt Alloy Kore marks an important milestone, not only for our platform, but for the advancement of software-defined commercial vehicles as a whole," said Dr. Matthias Traub, president and managing director, Vector. "The industry needs an open, production-ready software foundation that helps manage complexity and accelerates innovation. Together with QNX, we developed Alloy Kore for exactly this purpose: a scalable foundation that, as part of a software-defined vehicle platform, enables OEMs to deliver differentiation faster and more efficiently."

About BlackBerry Ltd.

BlackBerry provides enterprises and governments the intelligent software and services that power the world. Based in Waterloo, Ont., the company's high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security and reliability. With a deep heritage in secure communications, BlackBerry delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure and extensively certified portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications and critical events management.

About QNX

QNX, a division of BlackBerry, provides the trusted foundation that software-defined and physical AI (artificial intelligence) systems depend on to operate safely and predictably in the real world. For nearly half a century, QNX has powered safety-critical applications where failure is not an option. The business leads the way in delivering safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, middleware, solutions and development tools, along with the support and services delivered by trusted embedded software experts. Today, QNX technology underpins hundreds of millions of vehicles on the road and a wide range of mission-critical systems across industrial controls, robotics, medical devices, commercial transportation, rail, and aerospace and defence. QNX is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.