The Chinese startup Nio and the autonomy specialist Mobileye cooperate for autonomous driving.
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Mobile EyeQQ5. Source: Intel
The goal is to develop vehicles for the market in China. The cooperation results should also be used for further market offensives. Nio already has two vehicles in China on the market, the SUV Nio ES8 and the SUV ES6.
The system developed by Mobileye for automation Level 4 should be installed in series. The same technology will also be integrated into Mobileye’s commercial robot taxi service and Nio vehicles will be used for this.
The computing power is made possible by the chips of Mobileye, the model EyeQ5. This is used to evaluate the sensor data and to create the HD cards. The chip allows a data bandwidth of more than 40 Gbit per second and has a computing capacity of 15 trillion operations per second. He uses only about six watts electricity, The chip is to come on the market next year.
Nio has previously used Mobileye’s hardware for its Nio Pilot automation software in the form of its predecessor, EyeQ4, from Mobileye. In addition, Nio also wants the RSS software (Responsible-Sensitive Safety Model) of Mobileye, which uses the decisions of the Artificial intelligence checked. In addition, the sensors from Mobileye will be integrated into the Nio vehicles. It’s about cameras, radar, lidar, modems and GPS positioning devices.
What the financial details of the deal look like was not disclosed. The fruits of the cooperation are expected to be launched in China from 2022 onwards.
About David Fluhr
I’ve been writing about Autonomous & Connected Driving since 2011 and also talk about it on other sites like the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at the HU Berlin and since 2012 I am a freelance journalist. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de