Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA will extend their partnership to develop automated-driving systems, combining Mercedes-Benz’s MB.OS operating system with NVIDIA computing, sensor and driving software technologies.
MB.OS supports driving functions and over-the-air updates. It works with NVIDIA Hyperion, an in-vehicle computing and sensor architecture. NVIDIA Alpamayo provides driving software with AI reasoning capabilities for point-to-point urban assistance, safety and automated parking. NVIDIA Halos adds a parallel safety stack to Mercedes-Benz’s safety foundation, providing redundancy and guardrails.
“NVIDIA is our most important strategic partner in automated driving. Together, we developed the first Mercedes-Benz assistance system for urban point-to-point driving for the western world,” Jörg Burzer, member of the board of management of Mercedes‑Benz Group AG and chief technology officer, development and procurement. “The expansion of our partnership marks a significant milestone and reflects the mutual trust we have built over the years. Together, we aim to bring further pioneering innovations to the road, offering our customers the best automated driving experience while upholding the high safety standards they expect from a Mercedes-Benz.”
“Accelerated computing is giving vehicles the intelligence to understand the world and reason through complex driving situations,” said Ali Kani, vice president of automotive at NVIDIA. “Mercedes-Benz brings the engineering excellence and commitment to safety this transformation demands. Together, we’re building on NVIDIA Hyperion to bring that intelligence and full-stack safety to the road and make autonomous driving an everyday reality.”
The technologies support advanced driver assistance and the development of future SAE Level 4 applications, including robolimousines. Mercedes-Benz also uses NVIDIA technologies for vehicle engineering simulations and in MO360, its digital production ecosystem, from virtual planning to AI-based applications.
Source: NVIDIA
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, designs and manufactures graphics processing units, systems on chips, networking hardware, and AI intelligence software such as CUDA. Its products serve industries including gaming, data centers, autonomous vehicles, professional visualization, robotics, health care, and energy. The company introduced the GPU in 1999 and later expanded into accelerated computing and AI infrastructure. In gaming, its GPUs support high-performance rendering, while in AI and high-performance computing, its systems provide the infrastructure for training and deploying large-scale models. NVIDIA also develops tools for robotics and autonomous driving.
About Mercedes‑Benz AG
Mercedes-Benz AG is a German automaker that makes passenger cars and vans. The current company took shape in 2019 after a corporate restructuring; the brand’s history dates to Carl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler’s work in 1886. Its headquarters are in Stuttgart, Germany. Its vehicles include sedans, coupes, sports cars, SUVs and light commercial vans. The company serves private drivers, commercial fleets and businesses that use vans for transportation and delivery. It also provides vehicle service, spare parts, accessories and fleet sales support. Mercedes-Benz AG sells vehicles in international markets. Mercedes-Benz Group, its parent company, reported about 164,000 employees across the consolidated group.
