Mercedes-Benz Taps Nvidia for Next-Gen Self-Driving, Targets Level 4
Mercedes-Benz is putting its self-driving future in Nvidia’s hands. The two companies announced on October 16 that they’re extending their strategic partnership to develop the next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems, with SAE Level 4 as the stated goal. That’s the level where the car handles the entire driving task on its own, with no human ready to take the wheel, inside defined operating conditions. The announcement, published in Nvidia’s newsroom and in a Mercedes-Benz press release from Stuttgart and Santa Clara, sketches a clean division of labor. Mercedes contributes what only a carmaker can: its vehicle engineering, its safety standards, and MB.OS, the in-house operating system that manages driving features and delivers over-the-air updates. Nvidia supplies the computing muscle. ...