Qualcomm and Renault announce a new partnership to collaborate on the "Software-Defined Electric Vehicles" of the future
Qualcomm Technologies and Renault Group have announced that their current agreement that puts Snapdragon Digital Chassis products in the car marque's current line of electric vehicles has come to an end. However, it will be supplanted by a new one that keeps the 2 companies together in order to deliver the next generation of these "Software Defined Vehicle" (or SDV) solutions.
SDVs are e-vehicles in which a striking amount of functions, even down to airbags, cruise control and those aspects of the cabin traditionally associated with physical buttons as well as more 'high-tech' features such as ADAS or obstacle detection are software-based, via OTA if necessary.
Its reach might seem like a lot; however, companies such as Qualcomm are adamant that it is inevitable as far as the future of the vehicle goes. Accordingly, the resulting new "high-performance" SDVs as the result of the new Renault x Qualcomm initiative are projected to start emerging from 2026.
The new collaboration may also see Qualcomm taking a stake in Ampere: Renault's dedicated subsidiary for vehicular circuitry and software in this context.
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