Qualcomm, BMW launches Snapdragon Ride Pilot on the new iX3, with plans to license the driver-assist tech widely

Qualcomm’s driverless tech, co-developed with BMW, is likely to draw licensing interests from various other ￰0￱ Executive Cristiano Amon told CNBC the rollout will show how the system behaves on public roads and could trigger a run of ￰1￱ move highlights how the US-based chip company is expanding beyond smartphones into cars, one of its rapidly-growing ￰2￱ week, BMW and Qualcomm announced a driving package built on Qualcomm’s ￰3￱ product is called ‘Snapdragon Ride Pilot Automated Driving System’, and it is a driver-assistance feature rather than a fully driverless ￰4￱ supports driving hands-free on some roads and can execute lane ￰5￱ does not make the car fully driverless or autonomous in ￰6￱ first vehicle to use it will be the BMW ￰7￱ auto firms say the feature will become available by 2026 in 100 ￰8￱ says it was designed from the start to be licensed to carmakers other than ￰9￱ a Tuesday interview, Amon said the BMW launch will give shoppers and rivals a clear look at performance.

“Everybody’s been waiting for this moment, including ourselves, because people wanted to see how it performs in the street,” he ￰10￱ added that the iX3 will ship with the tech in about 60 countries, creating a large, real-world demo. “I think what I expect to happen, as OEMs see how it compares and how competitive it is, that’s going to ignite a domino effect” of carmakers looking to integrate this ￰11￱ said the company has “made a lot of progress” in talks with other manufacturers but is “not yet ready to announce” any new ￰12￱ approach fits a broader shift at Qualcomm The company still makes most of its money from chips installed on smartphones from vendors including Xiaomi and ￰13￱ it is pushing into different industries, including PC processors, semiconductors for data centers, and the automotive ￰14￱ auto unit is a central ￰15￱ generated almost $1 billion by the June quarter while growing 21% since the previous ￰16￱ has said it expects revenue from the automotive industry to reach $8 billion in ￰17￱ hit that target, the company is developing technology for many parts of the ￰18￱ chips could power systems like in-car entertainment and ￰19￱ Monday, Qualcomm announced that it partnered with Google Cloud to allow automakers to develop digital assistants of their ￰20￱ say the strategy is to offer a complete stack.

“Qualcomm are building a whole ecosystem led by software,” said Murtuza Ali, senior analyst at Counterpoint Research. “The main thing is they are a fully integrated solution provider for autonomy, which is what they were lacking.” Traditional carmakers, especially in Europe, are often seen as behind on software-driven features such as autonomous driving when compared with rivals from ￰21￱ gap matters as more models add advanced driver assistance and as brands try to keep customers ￰22￱ electric-vehicle market in the US is also shifting Tesla’s shares have dropped to their 8-year lows in August as buyers chose EVs from a growing set of competitors over the aging lineup sold by CEO Elon Musk’s company, based on information shared with ￰23￱ slide comes as rivals step up incentives during a difficult stretch for the EV ￰24￱ to analysts, the sales of electric vehicles in the US would continue at an increased pace in September and drop later after the expiration of federal tax ￰25￱ once controlled over 80% of the EV industry in the ￰26￱ August, it accounted for 38% of total EV sales, according to early Cox ￰27￱ was the first time the company fell below its 40% mark since October ￰28￱ that time, the company had ramped up the Model 3 production, the first mass-produced car for the ￰29￱ in Europe, BMW and Mercedes are challenging Tesla’s market share, as reported earlier by ￰30￱ crypto news deserves attention - KEY Difference Wire puts you on 250+ top sites