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july 18, 2018 - Daimler

Bosch and Daimler: Metropolis in California to become a pilot city for automated driving

  • Fully-automated, driverless driving in the city requires the highest level of functional safety
  • Bosch and #Daimler possess know-how from the individual component and the entire vehicle to the operator model
  • In 2019 a major city in the Silicon Valley will become the first pilot-testing city for #bosch and Daimler
  • US technology company Nvidia supplies the platform for AI algorithms from #bosch and Daimler

Stuttgart. #bosch and #Daimler are speeding up the development of fully-automated and driverless driving (SAE Level 4/5) in the city and are decisively setting the course. The partners have chosen California as the pilot location for the first test fleet. In the second half of 2019, #bosch and #Daimler will offer customers a shuttle service with automated vehicles on selected routes in a Californian metropolis. #Daimler Mobility Services is envisaged as the operator of this test fleet and the app-based mobility service. The pilot project will demonstrate how mobility services such as car sharing (car2go), ride-hailing (mytaxi) and multi-modal platforms (moovel) can be intelligently connected to shape the future of mobility. In addition, the partners have decided on the US technology company Nvidia as the supplier of the artificial intelligence platform as part of their control unit network.

For the joint development of a driving system for fully-automated and driverless vehicles, #bosch and #Daimler rely on their #automotive expertise accumulated over many decades to bring mature and safe innovations to market. Both companies are guided by a shared philosophy: “The decisive factor is to introduce a safe, dependable and mature system,” says Dr Michael Hafner, Head of Automated Driving at Daimler AG. “Safety has the highest priority, and is the constant theme of all aspects and development stages on our way to the start of series production. If in doubt, thoroughness comes before speed.”

“Developing automated driving to a level ready for series production is like a decathlon”, according to Dr Stephan Hönle, Senior Vice President Business Unit Automated Driving at Robert #bosch GmbH. “It’s not enough to be good in one or two areas. Like us, you have to master all disciplines. Only then will we succeed in bringing automated driving to the roads and the city safely."

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