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april 13, 2021 - Nvidia
Volvo Cars, Zoox, SAIC and More Join Growing Range of Autonomous Vehicle Makers Using New NVIDIA DRIVE Solutions
NVIDIA’s #automotive Pipeline Now Exceeds $8 Billion for AI-Based #mobility Solutions
GTC -- Volvo Cars, #zoox and #saic are among the growing ranks of leading transportation companies using the newest NVIDIA DRIVE™ solutions to power their next-generation AI-based autonomous vehicles, #nvidia announced today.
NVIDIA’s design-win pipeline for #nvidia DRIVE now totals more than $8 billion over the next six years, reflecting a growing range of next-generation cars, trucks, robotaxis and new energy vehicles (NEVs).
“Transportation is becoming a technology industry. Besides having amazing autonomous driving and AI technologies, vehicles will be programmable platforms to offer software-driven services. The business models of transportation will be reinvented,” said #jensenhuang, founder and CEO of #nvidia. “Our design wins demonstrate how #nvidia is partnering with one of the world’s largest and most impactful industries to help revolutionize the future of #mobility.”
Volvo Cars and #nvidia Extend Collaboration
Volvo Cars announced that it will use #nvidia DRIVE Orin™ to power the autonomous driving #computer in its next-generation cars, extending the companies’ deep collaboration over the last few years. The first car featuring DRIVE Orin technology, the next-generation Volvo XC90, is planned to be revealed next year.
NVIDIA DRIVE Orin’s high-performance, energy-efficient compute will work together with software developed in-house by #volvocars and Zenseact (Volvo Cars’ autonomous driving software development company), an advanced sensor suite that includes lidar as well as steering and braking backup systems. As a result, the global automaker’s fleet of intelligent vehicles will be safer, more personal and sustainable — along with being richly programmable and perpetually upgradable via over-the-air software updates designed to make Volvo Cars’ next-gen vehicles better every day.
Read more about Volvo Cars’ announcement.
Robotaxis Turn to DRIVE
The world is moving trillions of miles a year, and more and more of these miles are being delivered as a service, thanks to the robotaxi companies developing on the #nvidia DRIVE platform.
Zoox recently unveiled its purpose-built robotaxi designed for everyday urban #mobility. The vehicle is powered by #nvidia DRIVE and is one of the first robotaxis featuring bi-directional capabilities, putting the next generation of intelligent transportation into motion.
DiDi, China’s leading mobility-as-a-service provider, has also announced it is adopting #nvidia DRIVE for its entire autonomous driving test fleet. These robotaxi companies join others already developing on the #nvidia DRIVE platform, including Pony.ai and #auto X.
Read more about some of these robotaxi leaders using #nvidia DRIVE.
Sparking the NEV Revolution
Additionally, a growing number of #automotive startups and EV brands have in recent months announced plans to build software-defined vehicles using #nvidia DRIVE Orin to deliver continuously improving AI capabilities, beginning as early as next year. They include:
- SAIC, China’s largest automaker, which is readying two new EV brands packed with advanced AI features. The R #auto family of next-gen vehicles will feature the R-Tech advanced intelligent assistant, powered by #nvidia DRIVE Orin, to run perception, sensor fusion and prediction for automated driving features in real time. Its ultra-premium IM brand — a joint venture with Alibaba — will deliver long-range EVs powered by #nvidia DRIVE Orin, including a sedan and SUV with autonomous parking and other automated driving features. Orders are starting now for the sedan, with the SUV following in 2022.
- Faraday Future, a global intelligent #mobility company, which is using #nvidia DRIVE Orin in its flagship ultra-luxury FF 91 EV to achieve advanced highway autonomous driving capabilities and advanced parking and summon features when it goes on sale in 2022. Its next-generation FF 71 and FF 81 vehicles, which will be available in 2023 and 2024, respectively, will also be powered by #nvidia DRIVE Orin.
- Vietnam’s leading automaker, VinFast, which is starting mass production of its VF e34, VF e35 and VF e36 intelligent EVs with level 2-3 autonomous capabilities. It plans to upgrade these premium EV models from #nvidia DRIVE Xavier™ to #nvidia DRIVE Orin.
- Nio, which has announced that its ET7 sedan will offer advanced automated driving capabilities featuring a supercomputer, dubbed Adam, powered by four #nvidia DRIVE Orin SoCs totaling 1,000 TOPS. The ET7 will start to ship in China in 2022.
- Li #auto, which is developing next-gen EVs using #nvidia DRIVE Orin with plans to ship in 2022. The China carmaker’s new EVs are being developed in collaboration with tier-1 supplier Desay SV and feature advanced autonomous driving features and an extended battery range.
- Xpeng, which is already putting its advanced driving technology on the road with the P7 sedan. Last month, the automaker completed a record-setting, six-day cross-country autonomous drive with a fleet of P7 vehicles powered by #nvidia DRIVE Xavier. Xpeng plans to upgrade to #nvidia DRIVE Orin in 2022.
Read more about the new generation of electric vehicles built on #nvidia DRIVE.
Trucks to Hit the Road with #nvidia DRIVE
The trucking industry is plagued by a severe driver shortage amid growing demand for e-commerce goods. The #nvidia DRIVE platform helps deliver safe, fully autonomous trucks that can operate in geo-fenced areas, public roads and highways.
Navistar is partnering with TuSimple to build self-driving trucks designed from the ground up for level 4 autonomous operation, powered by #nvidia DRIVE. The U.S. maker’s intelligent trucks are targeted for production by 2024.
China’s largest truck maker, FAW, is working with Plus to develop autonomous trucks on the #nvidia DRIVE platform. These trucks will start production later this year and will upgrade to Orin in 2022.
Volvo Autonomous Solutions, part of Volvo Group, is also using the end-to-end #nvidia DRIVE platform for the development of autonomous transport solutions and next-generation level 4 trucks.
For more information on these and other GTC announcements, Huang’s keynote address is available for on-demand streaming.
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