"Nvidia announced that BYD and Geely, as well as Isuzu and Nissan, would use the chipmaker's Drive Hyperion platform, which combines the chips, computers, sensors, and software needed for for the development of Level 4 autonomous vehicles."
"BYD currently uses Nvidia's chips in its manually driven cars, and now, under this expanded agreement, it will use the company's Hyperion platform to build next-generation Level 4 vehicles. Geely, meanwhile, is said to be using Nvidia's Thor chips in its new Zeekr vehicles."
"The news that Nvidia is supplying chips and software to two of China's top automakers comes amid ongoing tensions between the US and China over trade and tariffs. The company's chips, especially the ones used in data centers to train AI models, have been the subject of intense negotiations between the two countries."
Nvidia announced partnerships with major automakers BYD, Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan to deploy its Drive Hyperion platform for Level 4 autonomous vehicle development. BYD will leverage the complete Hyperion platform combining chips, computers, sensors, and software, while Geely uses Nvidia's Thor chips in its Zeekr vehicles supplied to Waymo's US robotaxi service. Waymo utilizes Nvidia products both in vehicles and cloud infrastructure. These partnerships position Nvidia as a central player in the autonomous vehicle market globally, though the deals with Chinese automakers occur amid ongoing US-China trade tensions regarding semiconductor exports and AI chip regulations.
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