Volvo Makes a Bigger Bet on Nvidia
Volvo said the expanded deal will use Nvidia’s Hyperion, Alpamayo and Halos systems to help future vehicles drive on city streets and highways.
- 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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Volvo Cars expands automated driving partnership with Nvidia
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Volvo is building more Nvidia technology into its cars. The goal is once again self-driving cars. “It’s a fantastic customer feature to have that kind of driver assistance, to be able to navigate in environments you might not be familiar with,” says Alwin Bakkenes at Volvo Cars.
Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving
Volvo plans to launch hands-free, point-to-point driving by 2030, powered by Nvidia's latest AI technology. The Chinese-owned, Swedish-designed automaker said Thursday it would use Nvidia's autonomous driving stack to power a new partially automated driving system similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised). Volvo says the new point-to-point system will be Level 2++, meaning it can […]
Volvo Cars is taking a new step towards self-driving cars. In a new collaboration with AI giant Nvidia, future Volvo cars will drive from door to door without the driver needing to steer. Volvo thus appears to be on the verge of abandoning its own self-driving technology. On Thursday evening, Volvo Cars presented a greatly expanded collaboration with American […]
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