Aurora Partners With Nvidia, Continental on Driverless Trucks
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Autonomous tech company Aurora announced a long-term strategic partnership with German auto parts manufacturer Continental and U.S. artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia Corp. to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by Nvidia Drive.
The company noted that its accelerated compute running DriveOS will be integrated into the Aurora Driver, an SAE level 4 autonomous-driving system that Continental plans to mass-manufacture in 2027.
According to Nvidia, a majority of vehicle manufacturers, truck makers, robotaxi and autonomous delivery vehicle companies, tier-one suppliers and mobility startups are developing on Nvidia Drive AGX platform and technologies.
BYD, Mercedes-Benz, Rivian and Volvo Cars, among others are currently adopting Nvidia Drive AGX for their next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicle road maps, Nvidia said.
Three leaders, one vision. Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA unite to unlock a future of scalable autonomous freight. Read more here: https://t.co/FIUYqkdCxK pic.twitter.com/SO0Mou4ycC — Aurora (@aurora_inno) January 7, 2025
Nvidia’s automotive vertical business, comprising cutting-edge platforms spanning training in the cloud to simulation to compute in the car, is expected to grow to around $5 billion in fiscal year 2026, the company said.
Nvidia also announced a partnership with Aurora, Continental and Toyota Motor Corp. to build fleets of vehicles operating on Nvidia technology.
Together they will develop and build their consumer and commercial vehicle fleets on Nvidia accelerated computing and AI, Nvidia said.
Toyota will build its next-generation vehicles on Nvidia Drive AGX Orin, running the safety-certified Nvidia DriveOS operating system, Nvidia said.
These vehicles will offer functionally safe, advanced driving assistance capabilities, it said.
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