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Volvo widens its Nvidia partnership to build hands-free automated driving
What Nvidia brings
- Hyperion sensor and computer architecture
- Alpamayo driving software
- Halos safety evaluation layer
Volvo's future vehicles will use three Nvidia systems to drive themselves on city streets and highways, the companies announced Thursday.
What we know
- Three Nvidia systems in future Volvos
- For electric, hybrid and gas vehicles
- First vehicle within the decade
Not yet
- The value of the deal
- Which model comes first
The system is meant for all Volvo vehicles, including plug-in hybrids and gas-powered cars, not only its electric ones. The first vehicle to use it will debut within the decade, Volvo's head of software development said.
Developers who downloaded Alpamayo
650,000 developers
Nvidia's open-source Alpamayo driving software has been downloaded by more than 650,000 developers, according to the head of its automotive division.
