Stellantis uses Amazon cloud to cut in-car software development to a day

FILE PHOTO: People attend a Stellantis presentation at the New York International Auto Show, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., April 5, 2023. REUTERS/David 'Dee' Delgado/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Stellantis said on Tuesday using Amazon's computing power and BlackBerry technology it has developed a "virtual cockpit" to create and test new versions of car controls and systems in a day instead of months.

Stellantis said that it can now create "realistic virtual versions of car controls and systems, making them behave just like they would in a real car, but without needing to change the main software that runs them" taking months of development time "down to 24 hours in some cases".