The Volkswagen Group is establishing new strategic partnerships for the development of its autonomous and automated driving technologies, as well as strengthening cooperation with the Israeli company Mobileye.

Partnership with Mobileye around autonomous driving

Several years have passed since then Volkswagen and Mobileye working together on advanced driver assistance systems: Mobileye will provide the German automotive group with new technologies that provide driver assistance functions. level 2 autonomous driving (semi-automated driving), which will allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel while remaining attentive to road traffic to regain control at any time.
“We intend to offer our customers worldwide exceptional products based on advanced technologies”Oliver Blum, CEO of the Volkswagen Group and Porsche, said in this regard: “These new automated features will significantly improve driving comfort and safety. Perfectly adapted to our brands and products, they will make every trip a personalized experience. We have found in Mobileye a quality partner who will shape the future of cars together with us. »
Volkswagen and Mobileye are also developing level 3 functions (highly automated driving), which will allow the vehicle to temporarily control the driving task, and drivers will no longer need to constantly monitor the driving.

Volkswagen: new technologies in the future

Mobileye will also provide features for the new premium software architecture E3 1.2operated by the software subsidiary Cariad, which can be found in the brand’s models Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini and Porsche. Each of these brands will use these systems in their own way to tailor the distinctive driving experience they offer their customers according to their own criteria.
Volkswagen commercial vehicles will also have software and hardware developed by Mobileye to enable their functionality. level 4 autonomous driving (fully automated driving). Subsidiary Volkswagen ADMT (Autonomous driving Mobility and transport) will use these components on 100% electric ID-based platforms. Buz, who will allow make IDs. Buzz is autonomous as standarddesigned to provide mobility and transport services.
“We are proud to work closely with the Volkswagen Group to make tomorrow’s driving safer, more automated and more profitable”explains Amnon Shashua, President and CEO of Mobileye: “Through these programs, we see the Volkswagen Group fulfilling its role as an industry leader, bringing advanced AI-based driver assistance technologies to consumers around the world and developing innovative services based on the operation of autonomous vehicles. »

For the future E3 2.0 architectureVolkswagen will work with Bosch to create the group’s own automated driving system, which will be integrated into the future SPP mechatronic platform (Platform of scalable systems): this one has already been announced “100% electric, digital and highly scalable”.