Stellantis partners with Wayve to cut autonomous driving costs

Investing.com -- Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa said Friday the automaker's partnership with British startup Wayve could help reduce development times and costs for advanced driver-assistance systems as carmakers compete to bring autonomous features to market.

Filosa spoke alongside Wayve CEO Alex Kendall at the Wave technology event in Turin. He said scale would be important to making hands-free driving affordable and speeding up adoption.

"So as long as penetration follows the path that we believe is going to happen massively ... automotive scale, which is one of the complimentary assets that we bring to Alex, for instance, will decrease costs, which is very important, obviously," Filosa said. He referred to level 2++ driving assistance technology, which allows for hands-off driving while still requiring driver supervision.

Filosa said reducing development timelines, currently around 24 months for Stellantis, was a key benefit of working with technology partners.

Stellantis announced a partnership with Wayve in May to integrate the startup's AI-powered driving software into its STLA AutoDrive platform. The first product launch is targeted for 2028 in North America.

European regulators are still working to harmonize approval rules for advanced assisted-driving systems as automakers push for wider deployment.

Traditional automakers initially aimed to develop advanced self-driving systems largely in-house. With costs rising and returns taking longer than expected, they are increasingly relying on specialist technology firms.

Wayve is also working with other automakers, including Nissan and Mercedes. The company has said its technology is designed to be deployed across multiple vehicle brands and markets.

Kendall said Stellantis' portfolio of brands, which include Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot and Maserati, offered an opportunity to tailor autonomous driving characteristics across different vehicles while using the same underlying AI system.

At the Turin event, Stellantis and Wayve demonstrated hands-free driving in Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles, extending technology first shown on a Jeep Grand Cherokee earlier this year.

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