Heavy,-duty vehicles, AUMOVIO to cooperate with AWS on autonomous driving development
As for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, AWS is helping AUMOVIO accelerate the deployment of autonomous trucks. By partnering with Aurora, indeed, AUMOVIO is co-developing and manufacturing an industrialized and scalable generation of the Aurora Driver.
At CES, Las Vegas, newborn company AUMOVIO (the new brand of Continental‘s automotive division) announced a strategic agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) “to help accelerate the development of safer, smarter self-driving vehicles”. In addition, AWS is now AUMOVIO’s preferred cloud provider for autonomous driving development.
“By combining AUMOVIO’s deep automotive technology expertise with AWS’s advanced cloud infrastructure and AI capabilities including Amazon Bedrock, the collaboration helps create scalable solutions that rapidly process this flood of information. These solutions help identify critical safety patterns and enable more rapid improvements in vehicle hazard detection that would traditionally take years”, stated AUMOVIO in the official press note.
AUMOVIO and AWS for heavy-duty autonomous trucks
As for heavy-duty commercial vehicles, AWS is helping AUMOVIO accelerate the deployment of autonomous trucks. By partnering with Aurora, indeed, AUMOVIO is co-developing and manufacturing an industrialized and scalable generation of the Aurora Driver. When production begins in 2027, AUMOVIO will also provide a specialized backup computer to ensure safety if the primary system fails.
The Aurora Driver is developed through a rigorous validation process, which includes extensive virtual testing to ensure safety and reliability. AWS supports this effort by processing enormous volumes of sensor data, ensuring the Aurora Driver can safely navigate complex real-world scenarios. As part of the validation process for driverless operations, the Aurora Driver has satisfied more than 10,000 requirements and passed 4.5 million tests.
The official statements
“Working with AWS to power the development of the Aurora Driver was critical to becoming the first company to launch driverless trucks in the U.S.,” said Matt Ellis, senior vice president of Software Engineering at Aurora. “Assembling an ecosystem of world-class partners to deliver the Aurora Driver at scale will continue to be key to strengthening our leadership in autonomous freight.”
“Our collaboration with AWS is a cornerstone of our strategy to lead the transformation to autonomous mobility”, stated Ismail Dagli, Executive Board member and head of the Autonomous Mobility business area at AUMOVIO. “We are creating a solution that combines cloud infrastructure, AI capabilities, and automotive expertise, efficiently turning data into actionable insights across complex information environments. This collaboration is not only about accelerating development for our customers, but also about helping promote safety, efficiency, and innovation in autonomous driving”.
