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Nvidia helps MediaTek with Dimensity Auto smart cabins

Posted by Kevin Jost | May 29, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Business Development, Connectivity

Integrating the new Nvidia GPU chiplet into the MediaTek platform provides advanced AI, connectivity, and computing capabilities for next-generation smart cabins.

Celestiq revives Cadillac’s Standard of the World ambitions

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jul 22, 2022 | Design, Electrification, Technology, Vehicles

The GM luxury brand’s concept previews a hand-built flagship sedan inspired by a 120-year heritage shaped by prewar Cadillac V-16 powered coaches and the hand-built 1957 Eldorado Brougham combined with an Ultium-based EV architecture and other class-leading tech.

StradVision gets ZF support for automated driving perception software

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 30, 2022 | Autonomy, Business Development, Sensors, Software

The partnership stake helps to strengthen ZF’s global ecosystem for SAE Level 3 and Level 4 systems with perception software that meets safety standards and automated driving needs across a range of mobility applications.

Momentum builds for Nvidia’s GPU and AI solutions

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 22, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Hardware, Sensors, Software

At its GTC event, the company announced it had entered production with Drive Orin, announced BYD and Lucid Group as new EV customers, revealed the next-gen Drive Hyperion AV platform, and announced a new multimodal mapping offering.

JLR to reimagine vehicle intelligence with Nvidia’s help

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 16, 2022 | Autonomy, Business Development, Electrification, Software, Vehicles

As part of Jaguar Land Rover’s Reimagine strategy, the partnership is intended to transform the automaker’s modern luxury experience for customers starting in 2025, with software experts from both companies jointly developing AI-powered autonomous driving and connected services built on Nvidia Drive.

Magna absorbs majority of Optimus Ride engineering team

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 11, 2022 | Autonomy, Business Development, News, Startups

The addition of more than 120 engineers strengthens the megasupplier’s ADAS capabilities, bolsters its advanced sensing technologies, and adds an engineering center in the Boston area.

VinFast to launch scalable automated driving systems with ZF

Posted by Kevin Jost | Jan 4, 2022 | Autonomy, Electrification, Sensors, Software, Vehicles

The collaboration announced at CES 2022 will bring Level 2+ and later more advanced automated driving functionality, with ZF supplying advanced sensors, high-performance computing platforms, and associated software.

J.D. Power study highlights consumer confusion on fully automated vehicles

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 30, 2021 | Analysis, Autonomy, Education

The redesigned Mobility Confidence Index study, now done in collaboration with the MIT AVT Consortium and PAVE, finds that the industry continues to move toward fully automated vehicles but the pace is not being matched by consumer educational efforts.

Xpeng reveals electric G9 flagship SUV for global markets

Posted by Kevin Jost | Nov 18, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Electrification, Startups, Vehicles

Designed for C-NCAP & E-NCAP safety design standards, the new vehicle shown at the 19th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition features Xpeng’s latest technology: XPower 3.0 powertrain, X-EEA 3.0 E/E architecture, and XPilot 4.0 advanced driving assistance.

ZF sets supply stage for more sustainable mobility

Posted by Kevin Jost | Sep 20, 2021 | Autonomy, Electrification, Mobility Services, Technology

At the IAA Mobility 2021 event in Munich, the company showed its latest solutions for electrified and software-defined vehicles, with a world premiere modular kit that significantly reduces e-drive development time and the European debut of the latest supercomputer for driver-assist and automated driving.