As project partners for automated driving, Bosch and CARIAD have laid the foundation for bringing ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) driving functions to the mass market. Level 2 driving functions provide comprehensive support to drivers and, at their highest level, enable hands-free driving in various traffic situations. The use of AI within ADAS systems leads to more powerful and intelligent driver assistance systems that operate as naturally as a human driver.
The system was tested with development vehicles in Europe, Japan, and North America and trained based on this data, which was collected by a dedicated fleet of data collection vehicles. In addition to these dedicated development and data collection vehicles, the project partners also equipped vehicle fleets from logistics providers, leasing companies, and service vehicles that are in daily use worldwide. These fleets ensure a solid data foundation for training the algorithms. Extremely rare situations, also known as "corner cases," are recorded to train and validate the system for these demanding conditions. These fleets alone comprised up to 1,500 vehicles operating globally.
“Advanced driver assistance systems are becoming increasingly important for our customers. They make driving safer, more comfortable, and easier. That’s why the Volkswagen Group remains committed to bringing highly automated driving to Europe and North America and is consistently aligning its strategy toward that goal. CARIAD and Bosch have jointly created a strong technological foundation for this within the Automated Driving Alliance. We are now building on this – with a clear focus on speed, scalability, and rapid implementation for our brands and customers,” said Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group.
“Together, we have developed high-performance and competitive technologies for assisted and automated driving up to Level 2, thus achieving a technological milestone. This enables both hands-on and hands-free driving in various forms – tailored to different markets worldwide. The ADAS technologies developed jointly with CARIAD will be used in the upcoming ramp-ups at VW and other customers. Bosch is broadly positioned in automated driving: We leverage strong partnerships, such as in China, while simultaneously focusing consistently on our own developments. We will continue to operate from this strong position in the future,” says Markus Heyn, chairman of Bosch Mobility and deputy chairman of the board of management.
“The results of our collaboration with Bosch are an important milestone for CARIAD. Together, we have developed high-performance driver assistance technologies up to Level 2. These provide a strong foundation for optimal customer features and cost-effectiveness in our vehicles. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the collaborative partnership based on mutual respect and trust. We are now building on this foundation with greater ownership and responsibility. ADAS systems with powerful AI will shape the next generation of automated driving functions,” said Peter Bosch, CEO of CARIAD.
Christoph Hartung, CTO of Bosch Mobility, adds: “In future-oriented fields like automated driving, it makes sense to pool resources during development. We have done just that and together created the technological foundation for scalable ADAS solutions. We have already secured orders worldwide from renowned vehicle manufacturers for our software stack. All projects are on schedule with regard to the planned series launches. We are demonstrating the competitiveness of our in-house AI-based ADAS solutions, for example, in the particularly competitive Chinese market.”
With the conclusion of the development partnership, both project partners have access to a broad portfolio of shared intellectual property and data created within the framework of the Automated Driving Alliance. Both companies will incorporate the jointly achieved results into their respective series production products and will continue to work on the further development of the solutions created.