of changing technology trends. The auto companies introduced their distinctive approaches. The expo was interesting in that each of the exhibitors displayed their own unique characteristics, such as their efforts to monitor the health of drivers, sensor technology, and control technology. ZF ProAI AD ECU Argus cybersecurity solutions   JSAE 2023 in Yokohama: Archives of past exhibits reports Related reports:Software Series 4: SDVs Expl...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/07/19

nternal combustion engines and powertrain technology to concentrate on profitable operations. ZF sales were also led by the Electronics/ADAS and Active Safety divisions. In 2024, the company plans to begin mass production of the ZF ProConnect in-vehicle device for connected mobility, as well as the ProAI in-vehicle supercomputer, which will be at the core of automated driving. The company has also announced that it will spin off its passive safet...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2023/06/30

e reach of an EV can be increased by means of software-based engine characteristics optimization. Advanced automatizationThe automation of vehicles will require a shift from multiple single ECUs to HPC (high performance computing) standard centralized functions. ZF meets these requirements with its ProAI flexible, scalable, and powerful automotive supercomputer. The company is also about to launch its first software package running on HPC, called...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/06/21

t (MWIC) chips, with a total of 192 channels, 16 times more than conventional Millimeter-wave radar. From 2022, ZF will start providing long-range imaging radar to SAIC Motor. Announcement of next-generation in-vehicle supercomputer At Auto Shanghai 2021, ZF unveiled the next generation of its ZF ProAI as “the most flexible, scalable, and powerful automotive-grade supercomputer in the world.” It meets the needs of electronic architectures b...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2022/04/27

Cell Technologies: fuel cell stack modules Plastic Omnium: hydrogen systems and vessels, Smart Face and Smart TailGate, HBPO new generation front-end module for EVs Schaeffler: 3-in 1 eAxle, 800 Volt electronics, Space Drive 3 add-on, rolling chassis, hydrogen technology ZF: modular eDrive Kit, ZF ProAI IAA Mobility 2021 venue   The IAA ("Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung") has a long history of 123 years. In the past 70 years it wa...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2021/09/30

Autonomous, connectivity and HMI activities of Western suppliers - Part 3 ZF acquires WABCO, Aptiv forms Motional JV with Hyundai, Magna focuses on driver assist systems Summary ZF expands autonomous development range WABCO acquisition broadens ZF's portfolio ZF's autonomous systems include ZF coASSIST, ZF coPILOT and ZF ProAI ZF signs partnership for solid-state lidar, highlights new camera systems ZF furthers Microsoft partnership for digital c...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/10/30

affic jam support. ZF has already received orders for the system from an Asian OEM and will begin supplying product at the end of 2020. ZF’s self-driving demo vehicle announced at CES 2020. Developed for Level 2 autonomous driving, the vehicle features airbags, cameras, crash sensors, and ProAI. The ProAI Flex exhibited at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show is a supercomputer for automobiles and can support up to Level 4 autonomous driving. ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/07/01

upply a full Level 2+ system (SOP 2020) for much less than $1,000 per vehicle.   Meanwhile, ZF will provide a major truck OEM with L4 systems by the 2024/25 timeframe. Interestingly, the L2+ system is Mobileye EyeQ system with ZF's Gen 21 medium-range radar, while the L4 system for the truck is ZF ProAI supercomputer-based, which heavily utilizes Nvidia SoCs. It was also interesting to hear that ZF believes that starting from L2+ systems, the in...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2020/01/24

ted trends Announce dintelligent ADAS system, with volume production scheduled to start in 2021 At the Shanghai Motor Show 2019, ZF displayed its ZF coPILOT intelligent ADAS system that enhances safety and comfort. Volume production is scheduled to start in 2021. ZF coPILOT is powered by the ZF ProAI central computer and the NVIDIA DRIVE platform, and can be operated with voice commands, and has features such as traffic condition recognition ...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/07/19

ting of its Cruising Chauffeur highway driving support system.・Continental has partnered with Vodafone and plans to develop a service that utilizes technologies such as 5G, cellular V2X, and mobile edge computing. ZF ・CES 2019: ZF exhibited an autonomous driving robo-taxi equipped with ZF’s ProAI RoboThink supercomputer using AI technology and its Trendsetting Cockpit jointly developed with Faurecia for autonomous vehicles.・ZF’s ProAI...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/02/01

ord. In addition, Qualcomm displayed its global ecosystem as in the picture below.   Xilinx   Xilinx did not have an exhibition booth, but they had a meeting room at CES and posted several news items with their partners including: Xilinx's Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC platform is powering one of ZF's ProAI domain controller product family. Xilinx technology was used in the advanced AI processing capabilities of the new MBUX Interior Assistant featu...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2019/01/29

vehicles for Rinspeed's latest urban mobility concept, Snap. IDDC consists of its mSTARS (modular Semi-Trailing Arm Rear Suspension) rear axle system and sensor clusters, with the data from all components, systems and sensors to be processed in the future using ZF’s autonomous driving system, ZF ProAI.- ZF has partnered with NVIDIA and HELLA to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology to be installed in self-driving vehicles. The ZF Pro...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/07/06

plants in Nanjing and Changzhou, and partnership with Baidu, AutoNavi, and NavInfo in the area of automated driving Continental: Establishing an R&D center in Chongqing for NEV related technologies, and partnering with NIO, Baidu, and Huawei to develop autonomous driving technologies ZF: Supply of ProAI processor to Chery, and strategic alliance with Baidu for autonomous driving Magna: Jointly developing EV architectures with Beijing Automobile,...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2018/05/15

ion Hub to develop the Car eWallet, which can offer several convenient payment features and functions. The new Car eWallet is an innovative payment system built on blockchain technology to ensure security. Jan. 2017 ZF is working with NVIDIA to develop artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The ZF ProAI for highway automated driving is the first system developed using the scalable NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 AI computing platform. Series production is pla...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2017/07/07