Siemens Debuts PAVE360 Automotive Digital Twin Technology

Siemens unveiled its PAVE360 Automotive technology, a new category of digital twin software that is pre-integrated and designed as an off-the-shelf offering.

PAVE360 Automotive empowers automotive manufacturers and suppliers to speed the development of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) with early full-system, virtual integration that mirrors real vehicle hardware and accelerates application and low-level software development for ADAS, AD and IVI. 

“The automotive industry is at the forefront of the software-defined everything revolution and Siemens is delivering the digital twin technologies needed to move beyond incremental innovation and embrace a holistic, software-defined approach to product development,” says Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “PAVE360 Automotive will empower automotive companies to innovate with confidence, agility and scale, to realize the full potential of the SDVs and set the standard for what’s possible across all industries.”

PAVE360 Automotive

PAVE360 Automotive leverages Siemens’ expertise in digital twin technology to:  

• Jumpstart vehicle systems development from the earliest phases with ADAS, AD and IVI customizable virtual reference designs 
• Unify development, optimize efficiency and increase cloud-based collaboration with a single digital twin for all teams 
• Customize and scale by adding software, models and external hardware as needed 
• Speed up software development leveraging hardware-like simulation speed of the latest automotive IP, including the new Arm Zena Compute Subsystem (CSS) 
• Validate with real-world feedback by connecting digital twins to physical hardware and testing in real vehicles 

PAVE360 Automotive delivers a fully integrated, system-level digital twin that can be deployed on day one.

PAVE360 Automotive Using Arm

After prior collaboration with Arm that resulted in accelerated virtual environments for its Arm Cortex-A720AE in 2024 and Arm Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS) in 2025, Siemens is integrating Arm Zena CSS with PAVE360 Automotive to enable the industry to start building on Arm faster. Access to Arm Zena CSS in a digital twin environment like PAVE360 Automotive accelerates software development by up to two years.

“As vehicles become increasingly AI-defined, automakers and silicon partners need new ways to manage rising complexity without slowing innovation,” says Suraj Gajendra, vice president of products and solutions, Physical AI Business Unit, Arm. “With Arm Zena CSS available inside Siemens’ pre-integrated PAVE360 Automotive environment, partners can not only customize their solutions leveraging the unique flexibility of the Arm architecture but also validate and iterate much earlier in the development cycle, helping them get to market sooner.”

Availability

Siemens’ PAVE360 Automotive is available to key customers, with general availability in February 2026 and will be demonstrated live at CES 2026 in the Auto Hall, January 6–9, 2026. To learn more about Siemens’ PAVE360 Automotive, visit https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/pave360/2025/12/18/pave360-automotive-what-is-an-sdv-digital-twin-blueprint-and-why-do-you-need-one.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.