NVIDIA Adoption of NVIDIA DRIVE Spans the Global Automotive Ecosystem
Aurora and Continental Join Forces with NVIDIA
Aurora and Continental are taking a significant step forward in the development of autonomous trucks, leveraging NVIDIA’s cutting-edge technology. The companies will deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by NVIDIA DRIVE Thor and NVIDIA DriveOS.
Global Mobility Leaders Partner with NVIDIA
The announcement comes as part of a growing trend of global mobility leaders partnering with NVIDIA to develop and build their consumer and commercial vehicle fleets on accelerated computing and AI. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has also joined this list, announcing that it will build its next-generation vehicles on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin, running the safety-certified NVIDIA DriveOS operating system.
NVIDIA’s Automotive Vertical Business Expects to Reach $5 Billion in 2026
The majority of today’s auto manufacturers, truckmakers, robotaxi, and autonomous delivery vehicle companies, tier-one suppliers, and mobility startups are developing on NVIDIA DRIVE AGX platform and technologies. With cutting-edge platforms spanning training in the cloud to simulation to compute in the car, NVIDIA’s automotive vertical business is expected to grow to approximately $5 billion in fiscal year 2026.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang’s Vision for the Automotive Industry
"The autonomous vehicle revolution has arrived, and automotive will be one of the largest AI and robotics industries," said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA. "NVIDIA is bringing two decades of automotive computing, safety expertise, and its CUDA AV platform to transform the multitrillion-dollar auto industry."
Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA Announce Long-Term Strategic Partnership
Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA have announced a long-term strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale. NVIDIA’s accelerated compute running DriveOS will be integrated into the Aurora Driver, an SAE level 4 autonomous-driving system that Continental plans to mass-manufacture in 2027.
Other Mobility Companies Adopting NVIDIA DRIVE AGX
Other mobility companies adopting NVIDIA DRIVE AGX for their next-generation advanced driver-assistance systems and autonomous vehicle roadmaps include BYD, JLR, Li Auto, Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, NIO, Nuro, Rivian, Volvo Cars, Waabi, Wayve, Xiaomi, ZEEKR, Zoox, and many more.
NVIDIA’s End-to-End Autonomous Vehicle Development Platform
NVIDIA offers three core computing systems and the AI software essential for end-to-end autonomous vehicle development:
- NVIDIA DRIVE AGX: The in-vehicle computer
- NVIDIA DGX: Processes data from the fleet and trains AI models
- NVIDIA Omniverse and NVIDIA Cosmos, running on NVIDIA OVX systems: Test and validate self-driving systems in simulation
Learn More about NVIDIA’s Automotive and Safety Milestones
Huang will discuss these milestones in more detail during his opening keynote at CES. Learn more by tuning in to the event.
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