-->Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ to Use NVIDIA Technology for AI Co-Pilot Capabilities
Las Vegas / Wolfsburg – Volkswagen and NVIDIA today shared
their vision for how AI and deep learning will shape the development of a new
generation of intelligent Volkswagen vehicles. At the kickoff of the 2018
International CES, Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and NVIDIA founder and CEO
Jensen Huang discussed on stage how AI is transforming the auto industry and
highlighted the new I.D. BUZZ, Volkswagen’s exciting new rebirth of the iconic
Volkswagen MicroBus, reimagined in electric car form and infused with AI
technology for the cockpit and self-driving.
“Artificial
intelligence is revolutionizing the car,” Diess said. “Autonomous driving, zero
tailpipe emission mobility and digital networking are virtually impossible
without advances in AI and deep learning. Combining the imagination of
Volkswagen with NVIDIA, the leader in AI technology, enables us to take a big
step into the future.”
“In just a few
years, every new vehicle should have AI assistants for voice, gesture and
facial recognition as well as augmented reality,” Huang said. “Working with
Volkswagen, we are creating a new generation of cars that are safer, more
enjoyable to ride in than anything that has come before, and accessible to
everyone.”
One exciting
potential outcome of AI infusion into Volkswagen I.D. BUZZ are “Intelligent
Co-Pilot” capabilities, which will include convenience and driver assistance
systems based on processing sensor data from both inside and outside of the
car. The systems can be enhanced throughout the life of the vehicle via
software updates, and can gain new capabilities as further developments are
made in autonomous driving. Thanks to deep learning, the car of the future will
learn to accurately assess situations and analyze the behavior of others on the
road, enabling it to make the right decisions.
Building on
the NVIDIA DRIVE™ IX Intelligent Experience platform, AI-enabled features such
as facial recognition for unlocking the vehicle from the outside, driver alerts
for bicycles, gesture recognition for user controls, natural language
understanding for voice control, and gaze tracking for driver distraction
alerts are all possible.
The I.D. BUZZ
is part of the I.D. family¹ with which Volkswagen will launch its electric
car campaign and gradually introduce autonomous driving capabilities starting
in 2020. More than 20 fully electric vehicles are planned by 2025 toward its
goal of becoming the world leader in this area.
These new
models are based on the completely new MEB car architecture that is
consistently geared towards zero-tailpipe emission, digital mobility and make
use of the electric drive’s overall package benefits. Using a battery that is
integrated flat in the chassis floor, and a compact drive system, they offer a
generous and highly variable interior. To this end, pioneering technologies are
anticipated to be available from the electric compact car segment, such as the
operating concept featuring an augmented-reality head-up display. From the
start, the models based on the MEB architecture are planned to offer the very
latest driver assistance systems to be prepared for the respective levels of
autonomous driving that are available. The MEB electronic systems will also be
gradually introduced to vehicles with conventional drive systems that are based
on the MQB architecture.
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