Adaptation of the Automotive Product Development Process for AI Development

Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionalities are increasingly being used in vehicle applications. While current product development models take the increasing proportion of software into account, the special requirements of artificial intelligence developments are hardly ever explicitly considered. The new requirements result both from increasing standardisation and regulation and from the iterative and explorative approach inherent in AI model development. This paper identifies the key adaptations to the standard automotive product development process that are required to cover the requirements of AI development. The adapted development model was trialled in two vehicle developments, the most important lessons learnt of which are summarised in this paper.