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2026 State of Automotive Software Development Report
- Chapter 1 - Top Market Challenges
- Chapter 2 - Leading Concerns
- Chapter 3 - Development Areas
- Chapter 4 - Shift-Left Adoption
- Chapter 5 - Recalls and Vulnerabilities
- Chapter 6 - Automotive Software Security
- Chapter 7 - Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs)
- Chapter 8 - Automotive AI Trends
- Chapter 9 - Standards Compliance
- Chapter 10 - Key Coding Standards
- Chapter 11 - How Teams Manage Their Work
- Chapter 12 - Software Dev Tools
- Chapter 13 - Open-Source Software
- Chapter 14 - Essential Perforce Solutions
- About the Survey — Appendix
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Chapter 10 - Key Coding Standards
82% of those surveyed are using at least one coding standard, a slight decrease of 4% compared to last year. Even a 4% decrease, though, is alarming. Respondents who cited their top overall concern as Testing are using a coding standard the most (87%), followed by Security (86%) and Quality (84%). Interestingly, those with Safety as their top concern had the lowest usage of a coding standard (79%), even below Productivity (80%).
As the overall safety concerns this year revolved around difficulty fulfilling every ISO 26262 requirement, those who do use a coding standard are better positioned to fulfill essential functional safety standards.
The use of a coding standard is important for code quality, which helps to ensure that the software is safe, secure, and compliant.
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