Lucid Motors and Stellantis are hoping to get fully self-driving vehicles on the road. Both companies are working with NVIDIA, using its advanced AI and autonomous driving platforms to build the next generation of electric vehicles that can drive themselves!
Lucid Targets Consumer-Level Autonomy
Lucid Motors plans to deliver one of the first consumer vehicles capable of Level 4 autonomy. Level 4 means that the car can control every aspect of driving on its own, without the person inside needing to do anything at all.
These vehicles will use NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX Thor computer platform, and are expected to launch as part of Lucid’s upcoming midsize lineup.
Lucid started its journey to autonomy with its DreamDrive Pro system, which was first seen in the Lucid Air. This system has recently gained some hands-free features through software updates. The next step is to evolve this into a “mind-off” driving experience. This could be made possible by integrating NVIDIA’s full sensor suite, including radar, lidar, and cameras, into a single high-powered system.
Lucid is also using NVIDIA’s AI tools behind the scenes to improve how it builds its cars. Through smart robotics and digital simulations of its factories (called digital twins), Lucid aims to reduce costs, speed up production, and improve quality control.
Stellantis Builds Global Robotaxi Strategy
While Lucid focuses on private vehicle ownership, Stellantis is looking at shared mobility. The company has also teamed up with NVIDIA, along with Uber, and Foxconn to develop fully driverless vehicles for robotaxi services.
Stellantis hopes to build these vehicles using its AV-Ready platforms, including the K0 van and STLA Small, and will equip them with NVIDIA’s DRIVE AV software. Uber plans to roll out an initial fleet of 5,000 of these autonomous vehicles in selected cities, starting in America, with production expected to begin in 2028.
In this partnership, Stellantis handles vehicle design and manufacturing, NVIDIA supplies the self-driving software and AI computing, Foxconn provides electronics and hardware integration, and Uber will operate the robotaxi services.
The goal is to create a scalable and cost-efficient platform for safe, driverless transport that can be used across different markets and services. Stellantis is also working separately with Pony.ai to test robotaxis in Europe.
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