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Zeekr, Geely Holding Group’s (Geely) premium electric mobility technology brand, is set to collaborate with Mobileye, an Intel company, to expand their strategic technology partnership with a goal to deliver the world’s first consumer autonomous vehicles with L4 capabilities by 2024.
This partnership reflects on 35 plus years of automotive R&D and manufacturing expertise from Geely, as well as Zeekr’s ambition to provide an industry leading autonomous driving solution for its users. The vehicle will utilize Geely SEA architecture’s true redundant braking, steering and power. Under an Open EyeQ concept, 6xEyeQ5 system-on-chips (SoCs) will power an integration of Zeekr’s proprietary software technologies together with Mobileye True Redundancy™ sensing, Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS)-based driving policy and a new open collaboration model on REM mapping technology.
Zeekr and Mobileye’s new collaboration expands on the companies’ long-term, strategic technology partnership, which includes the development of advanced ADAS with enhanced capabilities for a variety of ZEEKR models. The joint efforts are supported by open collaboration with technologies including REM, as Zeekr and Mobileye work toward achieving a safer and more sophisticated future on the roads.
Andy An, CEO Zeekr Intelligent Technology, says “Mobileye has been a strategic partner to our mission of delivering lifestyle vehicles fit for a more sustainable and autonomous future of transportation,” adding, ” Our partnership supports Zeekr and Mobileye’s shared ambitions for leading the global ADAS and AV industry. Zeekr welcomes open collaboration that enables the integration of technological expertise to create a more sophisticated autonomous mobility experience for our customers.”
For Prof. Ammon Shashua, President and CEO Mobileye, “The broadening scope of our partnership reflects just how closely Mobileye and ZEEKR are aligned on the vision for future mobility. ZEEKR’s confidence in Mobileye as a technology partner demonstrates our ability to execute against joint goals and further solidify our industry leadership.”
Zeekr was founded in early 2021 as a global technology-mobility brand with design and engineering capabilities in Sweden. The first model from Zeekr, the 001, was introduced in April 2021 with deliveries starting in October of the same year. Since its inception, Zeekr has been recognized by the industry for its outstanding technology ecology and open business model.
ZEEKR
Zeekr is the global premium electric mobility technology brand from Geely Holding Group. Zeekr aims to create a fully integrated user ecosystem with innovation as standard. The brand utilizes Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA) and includes its own battery technologies, battery management systems, electric motor technologies and electric vehicle supply chain. Zeekr’s value is equality, diversity, and sustainability. Its ambition is to become a true mobility solution’s provider. Zeekr began delivery of its first product, Zeekr 001 in October 2021. It will launch at least two new model offerings each year to satisfy the rapidly expanding global EV industry.
Mobileye
Mobileye is the global leader in the development of computer vision and machine learning, data analysis, localization and mapping for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems and autonomous driving. Mobileye’s technology helps keep passengers safer on the roads, reduces the risks of traffic accidents, saves lives and has the potential to revolutionize the driving experience by enabling autonomous driving. Mobileye’s proprietary software algorithms and EyeQ® chips perform detailed interpretations of the visual field in order to anticipate possible collisions with other vehicles, pedestrians, cyclists, animals, debris and other obstacles. Mobileye’s products are also able to detect roadway markings such as lanes, road boundaries, barriers and similar items; identify and read traffic signs, directional signs and traffic lights; create a Mobileye Roadbook™ of localized drivable paths and visual landmarks using REM™; and provide mapping for autonomous driving.
