Nvidia adds Hyundai, BYD and other automakers to self-driving tech business
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AVs are important to Nvidia as self-driving cars remain one of the primary areas where the company can show growth outside of artificial intelligence.
Nvidia is expanding deals for its autonomous vehicle development business to Hyundai Motor, Nissan Motor and Isuzu, as well as Chinese automakers BYD and Geely, the software and chip giant announced Monday.
The new tie-ups are for Nvidia's "Drive Hyperion" platform for AVs. The system helps companies develop and deploy driver-assist and autonomous driving capabilities for "Level 4" AVs, which are capable of driving without human intervention under predefined areas or circumstances.
"We've been working on self-driving cars for a long time. The ChatGPT moment of self-driving cars has arrived," Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Monday during the company's GTC conference. "We now know we could successfully autonomously drive cars, and today, we are announcing four new partners for Nvidia's robotaxi-ready platform. ... The number of robotaxi-ready cars in the future are going to be incredible."
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