Stellantis CEO Says Wayve Tie-up Can Cut Self-Driving Costs, Development Time
The tie-up could cut Stellantis’s roughly 24-month development cycle and support hands-free driving systems for multiple brands, Filosa said.
- On Friday, Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa and Wayve CEO Alex Kendall discussed their partnership in Turin, aiming to slash development time and costs for advanced driver-assistance systems using AI.
- Automakers currently face roughly 24-month development cycles; Filosa hopes to compress that timeline by leveraging Wayve's AI technology to make hands-free driving more affordable through automotive scale.
- Demonstrating the technology in a Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale, Kendall noted the firm aims to run systems on less than $1,000 in hardware to ensure mass-market accessibility.
- The first product launch targets 2028 in North America, as Wayve expands deployment across multiple brands including Nissan and Mercedes-Benz to build its global footprint.
- Kendall believes AI-powered driving systems will eventually become standard safety equipment, similar to seatbelts, with Wayve utilizing training data from over 100 countries to prove safety before deployment.
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Wayve’s Alex Kendall: AI driving will be required ‘like a seatbelt’
Every car will one day need an AI driving system, just as it needs seatbelts and emergency braking, Wayve chief executive Alex Kendall said. He spoke with Stellantis chief executive Antonio Filosa at Wave by Vento in Turin on Friday. Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas moderated. “I think over time we’re going to see this kind […] This story continues at The Next Web
The administrator of Stellantis at the international conference on innovation organized by Vento: "Driverless vehicles represent the fastest growing technological trend"
Wayve and Stellantis are working to integrate the same AI driving system into vehicles of as different brands as Fiat, Jeep and Maserati. The first supervised deployment is planned for 2028 in North America, while Wayve CEO argues that this technology could be considered a safety requirement.
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