Delphi, Mobileye to Develop Turnkey, Fully Automated System for Diverse Vehicles
Commercial vehicle suppliers Mobileye and Delphi Automotive have agreed to develop a complete turnkey system capable of fully automated driving that will be ready for production in 2019 and is designed for “diverse vehicle platforms for a range of customers worldwide.”
The companies said in a joint statement the system will meet the SAE Level 4 protocol for automated vehicles — the second-highest — under which it monitors the driving tasks and environment “even if a driver will not respond appropriately to a request to intervene,” according to Stanford University’s Cyberlaw website.
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“This partnership, in our opinion, solidifies their market leadership, " Robert W. Baird & Co. analyst David Leiker wrote in a note to investors. "We still view other participants as being competitive but operating on a different plane — internal development at OEMs — auto suppliers including Autoliv, TRW, Magna, ZF-TRW, Continental, Bosch, Denso; and potential technology disrupters — Nvidia, Google, Apple and others.”
Amnon Shashua, Mobileye’s chairman and chief technology officer, said, “Our partnership with Delphi will accelerate the time to market and enable customers to adopt Level 4/5 automation without the need for huge capital investments, thereby creating a formidable advantage for them.”
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The system will be demonstrated at next year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the companies said. They first worked together on active safety systems in 2002.
Automakers Nissan and Ford Motor Co. also plan to introduce fully autonomous vehicles in 2017 and 2021, respectively. Demonstrations of autonomous heavy-duty trucks occurred earlier this year in Europe.
Mobileye will contribute its sensor signal processing, fusion and experience-management technologies for real-time mapping and vehicle localization, according to the Jerusalem-based company.
Gillingham, England-based Delphi will incorporate automated driving software algorithms and its full camera, radar and lidar suite.
Also, according to the companies, they will collaborate on sensor-fusion technology and other protocols necessary for negotiating with other human drivers and pedestrians in complex urban environments.
“The collective expertise of our two organizations will accelerate the creation of new approaches and capabilities that would likely not have been possible working alone,” Delphi CEO Kevin Clark said.
We're partnering with @Mobileye to deliver Level 4/5 #automated driving system. #Level42019 https://t.co/K68yIXXT8c pic.twitter.com/QdtX95YJtx — Delphi Automotive (@DelphiAuto) August 23, 2016
