BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover to collaborate for a new ECU

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and BlackBerry, today announced an agreement to collaborate and develop technology for JLR’s next-generation vehicles.

As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its QNX and Certicom technology to Jaguar Land Rover, as well as assign a team of engineers to support in the development of JLR's new Electronic Control Unit (ECU) modules. The first ECU project will be a next-generation infotainment system.

According to Dave Nesbitt, director, Vehicle Engineering, Jaguar Land Rover, “Working with BlackBerry will enable us to develop the safe and secure next-generation connected car our customers want.” 

John Wall, senior vice-president and GM of BlackBerry QNX, said, “Our platforms help process data efficiently and keep it secure and trusted.”

BlackBerry states it is currently providing OEMs globally its state-of-the-art technology to protect and mitigate hardware, software, applications, along with end-to-end systems to protect from cyber attacks. It claims that it's security and continued innovation have led to recent automotive design wins with Baidu, Delphi, Denso, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Visteon, among others.

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