CES 2019: Nvidia unveils AI-powered Drive AutoPilot self-driving platform

Drive AutoPilot is part of the Nvidia Drive platform, currently being used by hundreds of companies involved in self-driving cars - including Uber Technologies Inc and Volkswagen AG

Nvidia Corp on January 7 announced its Drive AutoPilot platform, with artificial intelligence technology, that can enable the next level of self-driving cars by 2020, further strengthening its position in the industry.

The chipmaker said that German automotive suppliers Continental AG and ZF Friedrichshafen AG will be using the platform in their ‘level 2+’ self-driving systems going into production starting next year.

ZF is also offering for the first time the option of using a chip made by rival Xilinx Inc along with Nvidia.

The level 2+ autonomous vehicles would add greater automation capabilities such as highway merge, lane change, lane splits and