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Volvo Vehicles introduced that it now totally owns Zenseact, an autonomous driving software program growth firm. Volvo beforehand owned 86.5% of the corporate and purchased the remaining stake from ECARX, a worldwide mobility tech firm.
Volvo stated the acquisition is a strategic step in the direction of proudly owning extra of its software program that can energy key functionalities in future vehicles. Zenseact will proceed to function as a standalone firm and can lead the event of superior driver help programs (ADAS) and autonomous driving applied sciences to be launched in Volvo and Polestar vehicles.
Zenseact’s flagship product is OnePilot, an AI-powered software program platform for autonomous driving and ADAS purposes. This platform is already at work in Volvo and Polestar autos.
The platform supplies customers with three modes of operation: drive, cruise and journey. In drive mode, customers drive themselves, whereas the platform helps them to keep away from collisions with info and warnings. The system additionally supplies automated breaking and steering interventions when wanted.
In cruise mode, OnePilot will management the car, however the consumer remains to be liable for supervising the state of affairs. The consumer must be ready to take management when wanted and maintain their fingers on the wheel always. OnePilot makes use of a driver monitor and hands-on detection to make sure customers are paying consideration when in cruise mode.
Lastly, in journey mode, OnePilot will take full, unsupervised management of the automotive. At the moment, the corporate can solely provide this mode in particular highway segments, however it hopes to develop this additional.
Zenseact’s portfolio additionally contains an integration suite, a set of configurable parts and providers that assist customers combine OnePilot into totally different car platforms and cloud environments, and a growth suite. The developer suite contains fleet operation and growth providers provided at scale via the corporate’s developer portal for unbiased innovators and builders.
Volvo accomplished the acquisition on December 31.
