To accelerate development and deployment timelines for autonomous vehicles, Nuro today announced it will license its Nuro Driver self-driving system directly to automakers and mobility providers.
The Nuro Driver is built on NVIDIA’s end-to-end security architecture, including NVIDIA GPUs for cloud AI training and an automotive-grade system. NVIDIA Thor UNIT computer running the NVIDIA Drive operating system operating system within the vehicle.
Nuro Driver has proven its reliability and safety in real-world conditions with over 1 million autonomous miles completed on its fleet of research and development vehicles and zero at-fault incidents.
“It’s not a question of if L4 autonomy will become mainstream, but when,” said Jiajun Zhu, co-founder and CEO of Nuro. “We believe Nuro is positioned to make a significant contribution to this autonomous future where the mobility of people and goods flows freely, representing a significant increase in the quality of life for everyone.”
The licensing of the Nuro Driver marks a significant step forward in the commercialization of Level 4 vehicles and accelerates the adoption of autonomous technology across the transportation industry.
A End-to-end approach with NVIDIA DRIVE
Nuro announced at GTC in March that Nuro Driver, which enables Level 4 autonomous driving for multiple vehicle types, is being built on NVIDIA DRIVE Thor, which runs on the NVIDIA DriveOS operating system for safe, AI-defined autonomous vehicles.
DRIVE Thor integrates the NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture designed for transformers, large language models, and generative AI workloads. Nuro also uses NVIDIA GPUs for AI training.
“Built with NVIDIA’s end-to-end safety architecture for autonomous vehicles, the Nuro Driver can integrate sensor processing and other safety-critical capabilities, along with AI-powered autonomy, into a single, centralized computing system,” said Rishi Dhall, vice president of automotive at NVIDIA. “This enables the reliability and performance needed for safe deployment of autonomous vehicles at scale.”
The next-generation Nuro Driver will include safety features such as microphones for siren detection and systems to remove dirt from sensors, as well as redundancy in safety-critical systems.
Advantages of the License
Nuro’s licensing model will offer automakers and mobility companies access to a commercially independent, road-proven platform that can accelerate their autonomous vehicle development and deployment timelines.
With a focus on advancing autonomy, Nuro is poised to help shape the future of transportation by driving industry-wide adoption and commercialization of autonomous technology across a wide range of vehicles and mobility applications.
Extension of the test area
This summer, Nuro received approval from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to test its Nuro Driver-based self-driving vehicles in four San Francisco Bay Area cities: Los Altos, Menlo Park, Mountain View and Palo Alto.
The DMV permit allows Nuro vehicles to travel at any time of day, as well as in light rain and light to moderate fog conditions.
Nuro is also conducting commercial trials and delivery services in Houston.
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