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Press Release QNX Research Finds Automotive Developers Spend More than a Third of Their Time on Software "Plumbing" Slowing SDV Innovation

$BBPress releaseOct 21, 2026, 3:00 AM ETRead the release

QNX, a division of BlackBerry (NYSE:BB), released its second annual Under the Hood: SDV Developer Report, a global survey of 1,100 automotive software developers. Key findings include that developers spend an average of 35% of their time on foundational software integration rather than differentiating features, and debugging and testing has become the single biggest challenge, cited by 44% (up 8 points year over year). Security has moved up the agenda, with 48% of developers ranking security threats as their greatest worry and 83% expecting software-defined vehicles to become a major cyberattack target within three years.

Key figures

Survey respondents
1100
Security top concern
48%
Debugging top challenge
44%
Time on integration work
35%
Expect sdv cyberattack target 3yr
83%

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