NVidia to Join Audi for Autonomous Cars Technology
NVidia partners with Audi to implement Artificial
Intelligence for Autonomous cars
United States: The renowned
German car manufacturer, Audi, recently collaborated with one of the prominent computing
technology multinational, NVidia, to bring autonomous cars for public usage in the
market by 2020. Audi, earlier collaborated with NVidia 10 years back, since
then, Audi has witnessed proliferating sale of vehicles from almost 60,000 cars
to 210,000 cars in 2016.
NVidia’s
founder and CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang said “Audi's adoption of our DRIVE computing
platform for AI cars will accelerate the introduction of next-generation
autonomous vehicles, moving us closer to a future of higher driving safety and
new mobility services."
Moreover,
NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX would be the first platform of Artificial Intelligence for
autonomous cars, that would understand the surroundings environment as well as
the path for safe driving. In 2017, Audi would showcase its autonomous test car
models of Q7, at CES 2017.
As per TechSci Research, the
recent move made by companies compliment the joint venture between Audi and NVidia for the development of
autonomous cars technology. Additionally, it is expected that with
the expertise of NVidia, the German
car manufacturer might implement technical changes in their upcoming autonomous
car models, giving them an edge over their competitors in the field of
autonomous cars technology.
According to a recent report published by TechSci Research, “Global
Autonomous Car Technology Market Forecast and Opportunities, 2035 – ADAS,
Semi-Autonomous, Fully-Autonomous”, globally, the automobile sector has been constantly evolving in terms of
engine performance and design. Apart from these parameters, evolution of
autonomous features in passenger cars is garnering attention of consumers
across the world. Global autonomous car technology market is primarily divided
into three segments - Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) car
technologies, semi-autonomous car technology and fully-autonomous car
technology. ADAS technologies are currently moving at a brisk pace on account
of rising inclination towards greater automation. Moreover, fully-autonomous
cars are expected to be commercially available by 2025, which is expected to
translate into dramatic growth in the market. Key factors which are expected to
drive growth in the market over the next twenty years include anticipated
increase in regulations mandating integration of autonomous technology in new
vehicles, decline in prices of autonomous technology and the rising focus on
safety on roads.