Stefan Mileschin

Automotive connected Vision powered by Qualcomm

It is not every day that you get to meet the Executive Vice President of BMW, Dr. Christoph Grote and the President of Qualcomm QTI, Cristiano Amon. People following our work do know that we meet Cristiano, but Dr. Grote shared a very insightful vision of connected and self-driving vision at BMW.

Elon Musk has its vision of self-driving timeline, Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang has his vision, and the soon to be departed VP of Automotive at ARM, Lakshmi Mandyam, also had her vision. It should be clear by now that just about any other car industry executive has its definition and timeline on self-driving, and they are years apart.
Levels of self-driving

One of the first questions I asked Dr. Grote was the Level 4 /5 classification from BMW's point of view. BMW has been clear that its vehicles support Level 2+.

Of course, executives of this class don’t just spill the news and jump the gun, but it is clear that BMW is working on future levels of autonomy. Qualcomm is one piece of the BMW self-driving puzzle, as both companies have worked for years on connectivity and modems. Qualcomm with its WiFi and 4G/5G portfolio is playing an essential role in this strategy. Qualcomm has Snapdragon for infotainment, and it has great camera technology too, and it has been working a while on a self-driving platform. Time will tell how this strategy fits BMW and which part if not all, will be embraced by the Bavarian car powerhouse.

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