Universal Data Space for Vehicle Development: Managing and Orchestrating Workflows via Policy-driven Data Transfer in Global Enterprises

The car of the future thinks ahead - and, based on the analysis and processing of data, can do far more than humans alone behind the wheel. Radar, lidar sensors as well as cameras, already collect and evaluate large amounts of information in real time and detect hazards such as black ice, objects such as stationary cars or the ends of traffic jams. If desired, the automobile of tomorrow will even drive autonomously. But it will be some time before all offline vehicles have disappeared from the roads and most of all cars are navigating through traffic completely autonomously. A study by the Prognos research institute for the ADAC [1] shows that autonomous driving is not expected to become established until 2040. By the time the first driverless cars are on the roads in Germany, both the volume and variety of data will have exploded. According to estimates by the international market research and consulting firm IDC [2], the volume of data worldwide will grow to as much as 143 Zbytes by 2024. And an end to the flood of data is not in view. In its latest study, IDC forecasts a globally generated data volume of around 284 Zbytes by 2027.