Michael Niklas-Höret is an active member of the AUTOSAR Steering Committee representing Continental and is the current AUTOSAR Chairperson. Michael Niklas-Höret has been active in AUTOSAR Standardization since 2013 in various roles, including being the AUTOSAR Steering Committee representative for Continental for six years.
Michael Niklas-Höret is interested in preparing the AUTOSAR standard to meet the challenges of the automotive industry and guiding the organization through the journey of the Software-Defined Vehicle.

AUTOSAR (AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture) is a global partnership of leading companies in the automotive and software industry to develop and establish the standardized technical framework enabling scalable E/E system architectures for intelligent mobility. Since 2003, they have been working on the development and introduction of several open, standardized software platforms including the joining methodology for the automotive industry. By simplifying replacement and update for software and hardware, the AUTOSAR approach forms the foundation for reliably controlling the growing complexity of electronic and software systems in today’s and future vehicles. As AUTOSAR is open to new features in the Automotive area it will continuously adapt the standards. In addition, AUTOSAR improves cost efficiency and quality by enabling its partners to cooperate in a competitive way but on the same solution. The "Core Partners" of AUTOSAR are the Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Robert Bosch GmbH, Continental AG, Mercedes-Benz AG, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Stellantis, Toyota Motor Corporation and the Volkswagen AG. The AUTOSAR partnership of approximate 350 partners play an important role in the success of the partnership and can use the standards free of charge.