- The core partners BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye are developing
the self-driving platform for an application in 2021
- Magna will make the technology available to the global
marketplace
- Magna is contributing expertise in domain controller and sensor
suite
AURORA, ON, Oct. 10, 2017 /CNW/ - The BMW Group, Intel and
Mobileye, an Intel company, are on a mission to deliver a
self-driving, flexible vehicle platform by 2021. Magna joins as a
Tier 1 technology integrator and will help automakers
industrialize and customize the domain controller designed by BMW
Group, Intel and Mobileye.
"Many of the autonomy challenges the industry is facing can't be
handled in isolation," said Magna's Chief Technology Officer
Swamy Kotagiri. "I am confident that
the many strengths brought forward by each partner will contribute
to the delivery of a self-driving platform the market can leverage.
We are extremely excited to be one of the early integrators
bringing our unique capabilities to the platform."
Through this collaboration, the BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye
plan to provide an autonomous vehicle platform that can be flexible
and adoptable for integration by multiple automakers.
"We are very pleased to welcome Magna as the next major industry
player to support our non-exclusive platform. This underlines the
success story we have been writing over the past year with our
unique cooperation and it gives us additional boost in creating a
leading ecosystem for the industry of autonomous driving," said
Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG for
Development, on behalf of the cooperation of BMW Group, Intel and
Mobileye.
"Magna has a long-term experience in integrating complex systems
seamlessly onto individual vehicle platforms, while securing
differentiation for individual OEM customers."
Magna has been a supplier to the BMW Group on a global scale for
many years and a contract vehicle manufacturer for them for more
than 15 years.
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BMW, Intel, Mobileye, autonomous driving, self-driving, sensors,
technology development integrator
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