BMW Group, Qualcomm technologies, Inc. and arriver software AB jointly announced the launch of a long-term strategic cooperation in the development of automatic driving technology. The three parties have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to jointly develop the next generation of automatic driving technology, covering L2 level advanced driving assistance system and L3 level automatic driving functionp align="center">
BMW Group, as a pioneer in leading travel reform, has more than 10 years of research and development experience in the field of automatic driving and has accumulated a large number of breakthrough key technologies. BMW Group has maintained high R & D investment for many years, with a total R & D investment of 6.299 billion euros in 2021, which is mainly used in the fields related to the new vehicle architecture and electric product offensive, as well as the R & D of digital products and automatic driving. In the future, BMW Group will continue to deepen the development of future travel innovation, in order to truly transform into a leading technology company in the field of luxury travel and provide customers with high-quality future travel experience. Adhering to the concept of openness and innovation, BMW cooperates with excellent enterprises in different fields to jointly promote the development of ecosystem in the field of automatic driving.
Nicolai Martin, senior vice president of driving experience of BMW Group, said: "this cooperation marks an important milestone in the development of the next generation of autonomous driving platform by BMW Group. In order to realize advanced and safe autonomous driving functions in vehicles, cutting-edge software will become the pillar of intelligent driving assistance system. We are pleased to further expand our cooperation with global technology leaders Qualcomm and arriver software ab Through long-term strategic cooperation, we will continue to provide our customers with a world-class driving experience. "
Nakul duggal, senior vice president and general manager of automotive business of Qualcomm technologies, said: "we are very pleased to cooperate with BMW Group and arriver software ab Establish long-term strategic cooperation. Through this cooperation, we will strive to develop and deploy the automatic driving system from L2 to L3 for the future BMW mass production vehicle, and extend the BMW automatic driving software to Xiaolong Ride platform. At the same time, we will build an open, flexible and scalable automatic driving platform to provide safer automatic driving technology for other automobile manufacturers and primary suppliers. BMW products have always been a model of high quality, performance and safety standards. With the upcoming global launch of BMW mass-produced models equipped with the next generation of automatic driving software, Xiaolong ride will bring greater economies of scale to the automotive industry and shorten the research and development time of new models. "
Giuseppe Rosso, President and managing director of arriver software AB, said: "we are pleased to be able to combine the visual perception system of arriver software AB with BMW automatic driving software stack The team will work with BMW Group and Qualcomm to jointly develop the next generation of open and scalable autonomous driving strategy to provide our customers around the world with first-class autonomous driving solutions. "p align="center">
At present, the latest BMW automatic software stack of BMW Group has taken the lead in carrying innovative BMW IX models. The three parties will jointly develop the next generation of automatic driving technology based on the latest BMW automatic driving software stack of BMW Group. In November 2021, the Three Party announced that BMW group's next generation autopilot system will be based on Xiaolong Ride Snapdragon Ride Vision system-on-chip, including Arriver visual perception system and Xiaolong Ride platform computing controller.
This cooperation will be committed to building a scalable autopilot platform based on common architecture, sensor suite, safety requirements, tool chain and autopilot Data Center for storage, reprocessing and simulation testing. More than 1400 technical experts from around the world will participate in the cooperation. They are from Germany, China, the United States, Sweden, Romania and the automatic driving test center of BMW Group in the Czech Republic.
In the future, BMW Group, Qualcomm and arriver software AB will maintain close cooperation, create and continuously develop an ecosystem of autonomous driving solutions, and remain open to further cooperation.
