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Limited seats available, first come first served. Let us join together for a sustainable commitment! [Click to register] Volvo is upgrading its autonomous driving system by expanding its nearly decade-long partnership with NVIDIA. The two companies announced Thursday that Volvo will adopt three of NVIDIA's hardware and software technologies in future vehicle models to build an autonomous driving system capable of navigating city roads and highways.
Under the expanded cooperation agreement, Volvo will combine its own automotive safety systems and engineering expertise with NVIDIA's Hyperion sensor and computing architecture, the Alpamayo autonomous driving software stack, and the Halos safety evaluation framework. Ali Kani, head of NVIDIA's automotive business, said the Alpamayo stack features a design with redundancy and diversity. He explained that the stack combines Alpamayo with traditional software. Alpamayo is a technology system composed of AI models, datasets, and simulation and development tools used to develop autonomous driving software; traditional software uses machine learning along with camera and radar perception technology to enable driving functions.
Kani said: "The key is that we run both stacks simultaneously. Additionally, our design philosophy is to adopt multi-modal sensors, because this enables us to create safer products." He added that the open-source Alpamayo software has now been downloaded by more than 650,000 developers. Volvo did not disclose the specific financial terms of the partnership, nor did it specify which vehicle model will be the first to adopt NVIDIA's new technology stack.
However, Alwin Bakkenes, Volvo's head of software development, hinted at the scale of the partnership and how it reflects Volvo's strategic shift toward a full-stack technology development model. The technology system will be applied not only to pure electric vehicles but also to plug-in hybrid and combustion-engine vehicles. Bakkenes said: "In the past, automakers basically developed around different vehicle models and worked with various suppliers. But we have completely changed that model and transformed into a company with a complete technology stack."
He added that Volvo will first apply the technology jointly developed by the two companies on an all-new vehicle model, but this model "will not be launched in the near term." Bakkenes said the first Volvo car equipped with NVIDIA's new technology stack will debut before 2030, "and of course, the technology can then be extended to more models." Although the partnership between Volvo and NVIDIA is not new, this expanded cooperation marks Volvo's effort to apply the latest autonomous driving software across its entire lineup, rather than being limited to pure electric vehicles.
Currently, all of Volvo's pure electric vehicles use NVIDIA's Orin computing chip. The chip is responsible for processing information from cameras, radar, and other sensors, helping the vehicle perceive its surroundings and make driving decisions. Bakkenes said: "In the future, we will actually further standardize around Hyperion, including in terms of sensor configuration, in order to truly open up the entire technology stack and further deepen our cooperation with NVIDIA."
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