Automated Driving – BMW to use Amazon and Qualcomm

Amazon Web Services announced today that the BMW Group will use AWS as the “preferred cloud provider” for its automated driving platform due to launch in 2025. The new cloud-based system will use BMW’s pre-existing Cloud Data Hub on AWS. It will also use AWS to generative artificial intelligence (generative AI), Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and storage capabilities to speed the delivery of highly automated BMW vehicles.

“In the next decade, consumer habits and expectations will drive more changes in the automotive industry than we’ve seen over the past 30 years,” said Dr. Nicolai Martin, senior vice president of Driving Experience at BMW Group. “This is just the beginning of a new era of highly automated driving, fueled by innovations in technology and engineering. By collaborating with AWS, the BMW Group, along with our partner, Qualcomm Technologies, is building our new automated driving platform.” automated driving and parking functions.”

The BMW Group as noted has also joined Qualcomm Technologies to co-develop next-generation automated driving systems based on the open and modular Snapdragon Ride Platform. The systems have an integrated Ride Vision software stack to enable 360-degree perception for the vehicle.

Together with AWS and Qualcomm Technologies, the BMW claimed its engineers have access to leading hardware, vision software, and cloud capabilities in an end-to-end automated driving development platform.

“Placing the BMW Group’s automated driving platform in the cloud helps break down development silos within vehicle software teams at the BMW Group and helps foster greater global collaboration with suppliers to accelerate automated driving innovation,” BMW said.