Toyota's "Tip of the Spear" Is Choosing Rust
2 days ago
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- Woven by Toyota is a key player in Toyota's transformation into a mobility company, focusing on software-defined vehicles and automated driving.
- Arene is Woven's platform for safe, secure, and scalable software development in automotive, enabling reusability and faster time-to-market.
- Rust is being adopted by Toyota, with its first production use in the 2026 RAV4's infotainment system, highlighting its stability and reliability.
- The Safety-Critical Rust Consortium, led by Pete LeVasseur, aims to bridge gaps for Rust in safety-critical automotive applications, with 170 members across industries.
- Rust's memory safety, thread safety, and type safety align well with automotive safety standards like ISO 26262, making it a natural fit for the industry.
- Woven by Toyota fosters a deeply technical and collaborative culture, emphasizing hardware-software co-design and open-source contributions.
- The Eclipse SDV Working Group shows growing Rust adoption in automotive, with 35% of code in its repositories written in Rust.
- Pete LeVasseur shared insights on Rust's productivity benefits, noting how its tooling and ecosystem can accelerate development compared to C++.
- Woven looks for T-shaped individuals with curiosity and broad experience in both software and hardware for hiring.
- Advice for aspiring automotive tech professionals includes exploring open-source projects and maintaining a wide technical lens.