Volvo Cars and Autoliv join NVIDIA in developing systems for self-driving cars

Premium carmaker Volvo Cars, world-leading automotive safety company Autoliv, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and visual computing company NVIDIA are teaming up to develop advanced systems and software for self-driving cars. The three companies will work together with Zenuity, a newly-formed automotive software development joint venture equally owned by Volvo Cars and Autoliv, to develop next generation self-driving car technologies. Volvo Cars is committed to having Level Four autonomous cars for sale by 2021.

As part of the collaboration, Volvo Cars, Autoliv and Zenuity will use NVIDIA's AI car computing platform as the foundation for their own advanced software development, bringing together two of the most respected companies in automotive safety with one of the world's leading AI companies. Volvo Cars, Autoliv, Zenuity and NVIDIA will work together to develop systems that can utilise deep learning - a form of AI - to recognise objects in their environment, anticipate potential threats and navigate safely.

These systems can compare real-time situational awareness with a known high-definition map, enabling them to plan a safe route and drive precisely along it, adjusting to ever-changing circumstances. They also perform other critical functions such as stitching camera inputs to create a complete surround view of the car. Zenuity will provide Volvo Cars with self-driving software. At the same time, Autoliv will also sell this software to third-party OEMs using Autoliv's established and broad sales, marketing and distribution network.