The German carmaker, BMW Group, along with Qualcomm Technologies and Arriver Software AB, has announced to form long-term development cooperation to develop Automated Driving technologies.
The agreement will focus on joint development of next-generation AD technologies ranging from New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP), Level-2 Advanced Driving Assistance Systems to Level-3 High Automated Driving functionalities, a release from the carmaker stated.
Additionally, the efforts will create a scalable platform for automated driving based on a common reference architecture, sensor-set specifications, and safety requirements with joint development, toolchain, and a data centre for storage, reprocessing, and simulation.
The cooperation will see more than 1,400 specialists working together in locations worldwide, including Germany, US, Sweden, China, Romania, and the BMW AD Test Center in the Czech Republic, the release said.
The co-development of software functions is based on the current BMW Automated Driving software stack first launched with the BMW iX in 2021, which will be further extended in the next generation through this cooperation.
The cooperation will see more than 1,400 specialists working together worldwide, including Germany, USA, Sweden, China, Romania, and the BMW AD Test Center in the Czech Republic.
Nicolai Martin, Senior Vice President, Driving Experience, BMW Group, said, “This joint software development is an important milestone for the BMW Group with regards to our next generation Automated Driving platform. To enable sophisticated and safe functionalities in a vehicle, you need state-of-the art software in all components of the digital value chain. This forms the backbone for intelligent driver assistance systems.”
Nakul Duggal, Senior Vice President and General Manager Automotive, Qualcomm Technologies, said, “Building on already commercialised stack components from BMW Group and Arriver, this cooperation will position us to extend BMW Automated Drive software to the Snapdragon Ride platform.”
This will expand the accessibility of safer self-driving technologies to other automakers and Tier-1s in an open, flexible and scalable deployment framework, he added.