NVIDIA is partnering with Mercedes-Benz to bring AI-defined driving capabilities to U.S. roads by the end of the year, starting with the new Mercedes-Benz CLA featuring the MB.OS platform and NVIDIA’s DRIVE AV software. The CLA achieved a five-star EuroNCAP safety rating, thanks to the MB.DRIVE active safety features.

NVIDIA DRIVE AV utilizes an AI end-to-end stack alongside a safety stack to provide redundancy and safety features for drivers. This allows vehicles to learn from real and synthetic driving data to assist drivers in navigating complex environments with human-like decision-making. The system also enables advanced level 2 automated driving capabilities.

NVIDIA deep learning models power AI-assisted urban driving systems, allowing vehicles to intelligently navigate through traffic, understand vulnerable road users, and assist drivers in reaching their destinations safely. NVIDIA and Mercedes-Benz are also improving vehicle manufacturing through digital-first approaches using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries.

NVIDIA’s three-computer architecture for intelligent driving systems includes a cloud-to-car development pipeline for training models on diverse datasets, simulation and validation in virtual environments, and in-vehicle compute for real-time decision-making. This approach ensures rapid iteration on driving algorithms, safety validation, and scalable deployment across multiple vehicle platforms.

The era of AI-defined transportation is here, with NVIDIA collaborating with global automakers to integrate intelligent driving capabilities and safety innovations at scale. This partnership simplifies development, deployment, and future upgrades for a wide range of vehicles. To learn more, watch NVIDIA Live at CES and review the software product information notice.

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