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Honda, Nissan to Jointly Develop Next-Gen Car OS with Nissan Tech
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Fusion42 · 26 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Honda and Nissan are jointly developing a next-generation operating system for software-defined vehicles based on Nissan's existing technology, following the collapse of broader merger discussions. The move aims to standardise the OS across both manufacturers to improve development efficiency and accelerate SDV capability deployment.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Autonomous Vehicles.
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If you supply automotive software, sensors, or autonomous stacks to Japanese OEMs, you now have a single OS target instead of two competing platforms - your integration timeline just halved and your customer concentration risk just doubled. Suppliers currently integrated with one manufacturer now have a direct path to the other, but integration exclusivity is now worth far less.
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