News Summary:

• •Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA will extend their partnership to jointly develop the next generation of driver assistance and automated driving systems.
• •The collaboration combines Mercedes-Benz automotive engineering and MB.OS with the NVIDIA Hyperion compute and sensor architecture, Alpamayo Stack software and Halos safety system to accelerate the development of automated vehicles.

Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA today announced that they will extend their strategic partnership to advance the next generation of automated driving systems. The collaboration brings together Mercedes-Benz’s automotive engineering and safety expertise and its MB.OS operating system with NVIDIA’s accelerated computing and AI technologies.

“NVIDIA is our most important strategic partner in automated driving. Together, we developed the first Mercedes-Benz assistance system for urban point-to-point driving for the western world,” Jörg Burzer, member of the board of management of Mercedes‑Benz Group AG and chief technology officer, development and procurement. “The expansion of our partnership marks a significant milestone and reflects the mutual trust we have built over the years. Together, we aim to bring further pioneering innovations to the road, offering our customers the best automated driving experience while upholding the high safety standards they expect from a Mercedes-Benz.”