China’s Chery will use Nvidia-powered ZF ProAI for Level 3 autonomous cars

China’s Chery will use Nvidia-powered ZF ProAI for Level 3 autonomous cars

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https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/chinas-chery-will-use-nvidia-powered-zf-proai-for-level-3-autonomous-cars/

Chinese automaker Chery will be building cars with Level 3 autonomous features powered by supplier ZF’s ProAI platform, which itself uses Nvidia GPUs for its driving intelligence. The partnership was announced at the North American International Auto Show today in Detroit, and follows announcements from CES where Nvidia announced further collaboration with ZF and with Baidu. Baidu is also a key contributor to ZF’s ProAI.

Chery is one of China’s largest automakers, and having it on board as a partner is a way to ensure not only that Level 3 features will indeed make it to market, but also that it should be available at a relatively affordable price point. Chery’s cars typically pack tech into lower-priced vehicles, and based on the press release announcing this news, it sounds like that’s the plan here, too.