Europe's legacy carmakers deepened their bet on a single technology partner for automated driving on October 16, as Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Cars both announced expanded partnerships with NVIDIA.
Mercedes said its MB.OS software platform will integrate NVIDIA's Hyperion compute and sensor architecture, the Alpamayo full-stack driving software, which uses AI reasoning, and the Halos safety stack. The combination is aimed at SAE Level 4 applications and, over the next decade, automated robolimousine services.
Volvo Cars, which has worked with NVIDIA since 2017, announced its own expansion the same day, with the technology set to debut in a next-generation Volvo model.
The twin announcements come ahead of NVIDIA's GTC showcase in Berlin and underline how far the chipmaker's automotive platform has become the default foundation for established manufacturers racing to match newer, software-first rivals.
