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Automotive value-chain transformation

The auto value chain is being reshaped by connected forces that are redefining enterprises, operating models, and vehicles themselves. Software-defined vehicles are transforming customer experience; AI is accelerating engineering; and quality and safety are becoming critical drivers of performance. See how our insights, sector experience, and capabilities can help you navigate this new era of value.

Drive outcomes across the value chain

Deep automotive experience, end-to-end capabilities across the value chain, and a trusted alliance ecosystem—all aligned to help you turn industry transformation into measurable outcomes. Our team can help you navigate shifts across the value chain so you can reduce costs and complexity, accelerate software-defined vehicle (SDV) innovation, improve vehicle quality and safety, scale new business models, and ultimately drive a competitive advantage.


  • Client stories

    Winning with split-second decisions

    How Deloitte helped McLaren’s F1 team implement advanced simulation technology to make more informed decisions before each race.

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    Making robots do the grunt work

    How we helped a manufacturer implement an AI-driven solution to more effectively sift through warranty and pricing claims.

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    Driving quality and safety forward

    An automotive company builds an AI-enabled early quality and safety detection system.

  • Client stories

    Detroit gets moving on autonomous vehicles

    The Accessibili-D autonomous vehicle system connects seniors and people with disabilities to well-being resources.

  • Client stories

    Check your data blind spots

    An automotive company uses AI and data analytics to accelerate its response to emerging quality and safety issues.

  • Client stories

    Accelerating the drive toward a more-sustainable automotive industry

    BorgWarner shifts gears to electric vehicle propulsion and a clean, energy-efficient future.

Our solutions

Learn how our end-to-end experience and capabilities can help you navigate the shift to software, balance new operating models, and manage quality and safety concerns.

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Featured insights


  • Advancing a culture of quality in automotive

    Headline-making product failures and stricter regulations have shown that neglecting quality can lead to serious financial, reputational, and safety consequences. Embedding quality as a core value can help organizations drive innovation, operational resilience, and sustainable competitive advantage.

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In the news

Seismic industry shifts demand systemic software change

Automakers must match software-defined vehicles with software-defined business models to stay competitive.

Automakers need help developing vehicle software, digital services: Deloitte...

Vehicle manufacturers should be more like smartphone makers, inviting third parties and startups to develop software to maximize the value of their cars and trucks.

Industry Voices | The car of the future: A software-driven experience...

Software-defined vehicles could transcend their initial functionalities from the time they roll off the manufacturing line to the five-year ownership mark, provided the vehicle has the proper hardware baseline to accommodate the notion of “continual upgradability.”

How software-centric systems can accelerate EV adoption and automotive paradigms...

While adoption of electric cars hasn’t met industry expectations, the growing emergence of software-defined vehicle systems could help them gain traction.

When an automaker is reacting to a quality or safety issue in one of its vehicles, it’s already too late. Companies who take the lead will be those who proactively embed quality as a core part of their organization’s culture and values.

Libby Roop, principal, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory

$400B–$600B*

estimated value of SDV market by 2030

71%

of Fortune 500 auto companies choose Deloitte

960+

US auto sector specialists dedicated to your success

*Source: Deloitte's independent market analysis

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