Automated and Autonomous Vehicle Developments Showcased at NVIDIA GTC 2025: General Motors, Ansys, Volvo, Plus, Nexar, Gatik, Uber, and Tor
NVIDIA Driving the Future of Autonomous Trucking
NVIDIA's AI technology is making significant strides in the autonomous trucking sector, positioning itself as a key player with its comprehensive end-to-end platform, DRIVE Hyperion. This platform offers scalable AI solutions from Level 2+ to Level 4 automation, aiming to support safe, incremental upgrades in autonomous vehicle capabilities.
The safety-certified architecture and powerful generative AI tools for simulation in DRIVE Hyperion reduce development risk and timelines substantially, making it an attractive choice for companies like Gatik, Uber Freight, Torc, and Magna, who are using NVIDIA's NVIDIA DRIVE AGX for AI processing in their autonomous vehicles.
NVIDIA's Omniverse Blueprint for AV simulation is expanding, with companies like Plus and Foretellix using it to refine their autonomous driving systems. Plus and NVIDIA are now collaborating to integrate NVIDIA CosmosTM world foundation models (WFMs) into Plus' SuperDriveTM virtual driver system for Level 4 self-driving trucks.
This collaboration enhances AV training, high-definition mapping, and predictive modeling, allowing Volvo Cars to conduct multiple design iterations per day for battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Additionally, NVIDIA’s AI enterprise software stack accelerates development and deployment of AI across cloud, edge, and data center environments, supporting logistics and freight AI applications.
Recent developments include AEye’s launch of OPTIS, a physical AI solution for smart transportation powered by NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin platform. By scaling Ansys Fluent to eight GPUs, meshing time was reduced to one hour and solver time to 5.5 hours, delivering a 2.5x speed increase over traditional CPU-based hardware.
Nexar captures over 100 million miles of data monthly, which is combined with NVIDIA's AI and simulation capabilities. High-fidelity CFD simulations, crucial for reducing aerodynamic drag and improving EV range, were previously time-consuming and costly. Nexar and NVIDIA have partnered to advance autonomous vehicle (AV) technology using real-world vision data and AI-powered simulations.
In summary, NVIDIA is considered a safer, scalable, and more flexible AI platform provider driving the trucking autonomous vehicle industry forward. This positions the company distinctively compared to competitors focused on proprietary systems with higher costs and execution risks. The future of autonomous trucking looks bright with NVIDIA at the forefront.
**References:**
[1] NVIDIA. (2021). NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion. Retrieved from https://developer.nvidia.com/drive-hyperion
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[4] NVIDIA. (2021). AEye and NVIDIA Collaborate to Advance Autonomous Vehicle Technology. Retrieved from https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2021/03/17/aeye-nvidia-collaborate-autonomous-vehicle-technology/
Technology: NVIDIA's AI technology, as seen in their platforms like DRIVE Hyperion and DRIVE AGX, is revolutionizing the autonomous trucking sector.
Technology: The collaboration between NVIDIA and Plus, for instance, integrates NVIDIA CosmosTM world foundation models (WFMs) into Plus' SuperDriveTM virtual driver system, advancing autonomous driving technology.
