Tesla Gets Competition From Nvidia In Self Driving Cars
The deals add Nvidia’s Hyperion, Alpamayo and Halos systems as Volvo and Mercedes race to bring hands-free driving features to market.
- On Thursday, Volvo Cars announced an expanded partnership with Nvidia to develop advanced automated driving systems integrating hardware and software for point-to-point navigation on urban streets and highways.
- The automaker is transitioning to a full-tech stack development strategy after previously sidelining its Ride Pilot Level 3 system due to regulatory approval failures, aiming to integrate advanced features across its entire vehicle lineup.
- Volvo will utilize Nvidia's Hyperion sensor architecture and Alpamayo software, which uses "reasoning" models to interpret complex road conditions; Alwin Bakkenes, head of software engineering at Volvo Cars, emphasized the system's safety integration.
- Nvidia automotive chief Ali Kani compared the technology to Mercedes-Benz's recent CLA rollout, stating, "We believe that we're going to make the stack safer getting to work with Volvo."
- Deployment of this point-to-point driving system is scheduled before 2030 across multiple regions, excluding China, as the partnership helps Volvo develop new software-based business models.
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Tesla Gets Competition From Nvidia In Self Driving Cars
Nvidia is quietly signing deals with some of the world's biggest automakers, and its self-driving platform looks remarkably like Tesla's most prized technology. The question now is whether Tesla's brand can hold off a rival that plays for the entire industry rather than just one car company.
MERCEDES and Nvidia are expanding their partnership to develop autonomous driving. The goal is to create a level 4 automated driving system by combining Mercedes' MB.OS and Nvidia's technology.
‘Most important strategic partner’: Mercedes’ Nvidia self-driving deal
Mercedes-Benz will develop its next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems with Nvidia, the two companies said on Friday. The announcement came a day after Volvo Cars expanded its own Nvidia partnership for automated driving. Both carmakers will build on the same Nvidia self-driving stack. It combines the Hyperion computer and sensor architecture, […] This story continues at The Next Web
The partnership between the two companies, which started in 2017, is entering a new phase. The technology should be launched in a next generation Volvo and will allow to move gradually towards systems in which the driver can stop looking at the road and, later, stop being involved in driving.
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