Tata Elxsi and Suzuki Motor Corporation have inaugurated a new Cloud Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Centre in Trivandrum, India. This is the second engineering centre established under the partnership between the two companies, following the Offshore Development Centre in Pune.
The facility is designed for early-stage, full-vehicle simulation and validation using a cloud-native infrastructure. It allows Suzuki’s development and testing teams to remotely access HIL infrastructure integrated with Electronic Control Units, reducing reliance on physical prototypes and enabling faster validation cycles across its research and development centres.
According to Suzuki, the centre supports the company’s roadmap for Software-Defined Vehicles and contributes to its “SDV Right” strategy for electrical and electronic virtual development. The centre is intended to enable continuous integration, faster release cycles, and system reliability.
“The SUZUKI-TATA ELXSI Cloud HIL Center is a new base that leverages Tata Elxsi’s expertise and deep experience to build an advanced and efficient development system. We hope that Suzuki will promote virtualization to realize minimization of energy and contribute to the development of next-generation mobility significantly,” said Katsuhiro Kato, Director and Executive Vice President of Suzuki.
“We thank Kato-san and Suzuki Motor Corporation for their continued trust. This new Cloud HIL Center builds on the strong foundation of our Pune ODC and marks a forward leap in our SDV-focused collaboration. It reflects our shared vision for sustainable and smarter mobility,” said Manoj Raghavan, CEO and Managing Director of Tata Elxsi.
The new centre is positioned to support next-generation architectures and provide a modular foundation for agile integration and system continuity in future mobility programmes.
Tata Elxsi provides design and technology services across industries including automotive, broadcast, communications, healthcare, and transportation. It works with original equipment manufacturers and suppliers in areas such as research and development, design, and product engineering, with expertise spanning autonomous, electric, connected, and software-defined vehicle technologies. The company employs more than 13,000 engineers and specialists worldwide.