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Torc announces Flex physical AI platform accelerated by Nvidia for its autonomous trucks At Nvidia’s GTC 2025, the autonomous truck technology company showcased its production-intent hardware, software, and AD kit on Daimler’s Freightliner Cascadia, the platform leveraging Nvidia Drive AGX and Flex Jupiter compute platform to support scaled market entry in 2027. #Aeva #AevaAtlas #AI #artificialintelligence #autonomouslonghaultrucking #autonomoustrucks #CREngland #commercialvehicleautonomy #DaimlerTruck #Flex #FlexJupiter #Freightliner #Futurride #Nvidia #NvidiaDriveAGX #NvidiaDriveOrin #NvidiaDriveOS #NvidiaGTC #physicalAI #Schneider #sustainablemobility #TorcADkit #TorcRobotics https://futurride.com/2025/03/27/torc-announces-flex-physical-ai-platform-accelerated-by-nvidia-for-its-autonomous-trucks/

Nodar and Leopard Imaging advance 3D stereo vision Announced at Nvidia GTC 2025, the collaboration integrates Nodar’s Hammerhead software with Leopard Imaging’s GMSL2 cameras and Nvidia Drive AGX Orin compute to provide enhanced depth perception and point cloud generation at ranges significantly exceeding current market solutions. #3Dvision #ADAS #advanceddrivingassistancesystem #AIbasedimaging #AutonomousVehicle #AV #Futurride #HammerheadDevelopmentKit20 #highdefinitioncamera #LeopardGMSL2camera #LeopardImaging #NODAR #NODARHammerhead #Nvidia #NvidiaDriveAGXOrin #NvidiaGTC #pointcloudgeneration #stereovision #sustainablemobility #TDKGroup #TrustedPositioning https://futurride.com/2025/03/24/nodar-and-leopard-imaging-advance-3d-stereo-vision/

Nvidia’s GTC headlined by expanded GM collaboration and Halos AV safety system At its GTC global AI conference this week, the biggest news from the AI powerhouse was an expanded partnership with General Motors, but the company also unveiled the Halos safety system offering for AVs, its expanding automotive ecosystem, and new AI Enterprise software platform offerings. #acceleratedcomputing #agenticAI #AI #artificialintelligence #Futurride #GeneralMotors #GTC #Nvidia #NvidiaBlackwell #NvidiaCosmos #NvidiaDriveAGX #NvidiaGPU #NvidiaGTC #NvidiaHalos #NvidiaNIMs #NvidiaOmniverse #physicalAI #sustainablemobility #Toyota https://futurride.com/2025/03/19/nvidias-gtc-headlined-by-expanded-gm-collaboration-and-halos-av-safety-system/

Ansys and Nvidia help accelerate Volvo Cars EX90 aero simulations At Nvidia's GTC today, Ansys announced that its Fluent computational fluid dynamics simulation software leveraging just eight Nvidia Blackwell GPUs to accelerate solver speed by 2.5 times versus the same simulation run on 2016 CPU cores and cost-equivalent hardware to improve Volvo's EX90 aerodynamic performance. #aerodynamicsimulation #aerodynamics #Ansys #AnsysFluent #Futurride #NvidiaBlackwellGPU #NvidiaGTC #Supercomputing24 #sustainablemobility #TexasAdvancedComputingCenter #VolvoCars #VolvoEX90 https://futurride.com/2025/03/18/ansys-and-nvidia-help-accelerate-volvo-cars-ex90-aero-simulations/

Magna to integrate Nvidia Drive Thor for next-generation vehicle intelligence The collaboration announced at Nvidia’s GTC conference aims to deliver an accelerated compute platform to enable scalable interior cabin AI solutions and advanced active safety functionality for advanced driver assistance and autonomous driving systems to enable software-defined vehicles. #activesafety #ADAS #advanceddriverassistancesystem #AI #artificialintelligence #autonomousdriving #BlackwellGPU #cabinAI #Futurride #MagnaInternational #Nvidia #NvidiaDriveAGX #NvidiaDriveAGXThor #NvidiaGTC #SAE #sustainablemobility https://futurride.com/2025/03/18/magna-to-integrate-nvidia-drive-thor-for-next-generation-vehicle-intelligence/

McLaren develops ART aerospace-grade carbon fiber scaled for supercar manufacturing Deployed at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield, UK, the new Automated Rapid Tape production method produces carbon-fiber structures optimized for lighter, stiffer, and stronger parts produced with less waste, the first production application being on the new W1 Ultimate supercar. #CarbonFiber #compositematerial #Futurride #highratecompositesmanufacturing #lightweighting #McLaren #McLaren12C #McLaren720S #McLarenART #McLarenAutomatedRapidTap #McLarenAutomotive #McLarenCompositesTechnologyCentre #McLarenF1 #McLarenGroup #McLarenMP4/1 #McLarenP1 #McLarenRacing #McLarenW1 #sustainablemobility #UniversityofSheffield https://futurride.com/2025/03/14/mclaren-develops-art-aerospace-grade-carbon-fiber-scaled-for-supercar-manufacturing/

Lind intends to redefine surfing with the electric Canvas Next week at the Palm Beach International Boat Show in Florida, the startup will demonstrate the Canvas, its first model with the look and feel of a traditional board but with an underside electric powertrain generating 20 kW for speeds of up to 37 mph and a 3.1-kW·h battery for a ride time of up to 45 min. #electricsurfboard #Futurride #Lind #LindArt&Technology #LindCanvas #Lindsurfboard #PalmBeachInternationalBoatShow #sustainablemobility https://futurride.com/2025/03/13/lind-intends-to-redefine-surfing-with-the-electric-canvas/

New automaker Longbow revives the iconic lightweight British sportscar in electric form Led by former Tesla, Lucid, and X Shore execs, the startup says it is the first British electric sports car manufacturer and world-first maker of ‘featherweight electric vehicles,’ with the Speedster and Roadster having an all-electric powertrain and sub-1000-kg mass with first deliveries planned for 2026. #automotivestartup #BYD #electricsportscar #featherweightelectricvehicle #FEV #Futurride #Longbow #LongbowMotorcar #LongbowRoadster #LongbowSpeedster #LucidMotors #sustainablemobility #Tesla #XShore https://futurride.com/2025/03/12/new-automaker-longbow-revives-the-iconic-lightweight-british-sportscar-in-electric-form/

Grand Prix ACF AutoTech awards spotlight top auto startups On April 2 in Paris, the accelerator will present awards to three of the six finalists—Carbon Waters, TETMET, H2Gremm, Abiliz, Merci Paulo, and Olec Technology—for its annual contest, and it is encouraging startups from the U.S. to apply later this year for the 2026 awards. #Abiliz #autostartups #AutomobileClubdeFrance #automotivestartups #CarbonWaters #CréditAgricole #Cylib #Diamfab #ESSECBusinessSchool #FIDAL #Forvia #Futurride #Genomines #GrandPrixACFAutoTech #H2Gremm #MerciPaulo #MOTUL #OlecTechnology #PlasticOmnium #RenaultGroup #RWTHAachen #sustainablemobility #TETMET https://futurride.com/2025/03/12/grand-prix-acf-autotech-awards-spotlight-top-auto-startups/

Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 previews entry-level €20,000 electric model The show car from Europe for Europe previews the production version backed by a new powerful software architecture and is part of a Volkswagen plan for nine new models by 2027 including four electric models based on the new MEB platform with front-wheel drive. #entrylevelallelectricmodel #Futurride #ID2all #IDConceptGTI #MEBwithfrontwheeldrive #sustainablemobility #Volkswagen #VolkswagenElectricUrbanCarFamily #VolkswagenGroup #VolkswagenIDEVERY1 https://futurride.com/2025/03/07/volkswagen-id-every1-previews-entry-level-e20000-electric-model/

New NXP MCUs aid SDV zonal and electrification architecture development Launched at Embedded World today, the S32K5 MCU family extends the NXP CoreRide platform and combines leading-edge core performance with embedded MRAM memory to enable ECU consolidation with a focus on latency or efficiency to help automakers shift to software-defined vehicles. #Arm #ArmCortexCPU #automotiveMCU #automotivemicrocontrollers #EmbeddedWorld #Flex #Futurride #GreenHillsSoftware #NXPS32K5 #NXPSemiconductors #SDV #softwaredefinedvehicle #Sonatus #sustainablemobility #TSMC #zonalarchitectures https://futurride.com/2025/03/11/new-nxp-mcus-aid-sdv-zonal-and-electrification-architecture-development/

Pininfarina celebrates 95 years of innovation with Shaping Two-Wheel Aerodynamics event The event explored the role of aerodynamics in harmonizing performance and aesthetics in the design of two-wheel vehicles and it featured the roles of Pininfarina and its wind tunnel in the creation of vehicles of from White Motorcycle Concepts, Vmoto, De Rosa, and Aptera Motors. #aerodynimcs #ApteraMotors #Apterasolarelectricvehicle #DeRosa #DeRosaSettanta #Futurride #Pininfarina #Pininfarinawindtunnel #sustainablemobility #twowheelmobility #Vmoto #VmotoAPDconcept #WhiteMotorcycleConcepts #windtunnel #WMDVDuct #ZeroMotorcycles https://futurride.com/2025/03/06/pininfarina-celebrates-95-years-of-innovation-with-shaping-two-wheel-aerodynamics-event/

Integrals Power world-first LMFP battery cathodes pass QinetiQ test The next-gen lithium manganese iron phosphate cathode active materials were shown to deliver significant improvements in usable energy capacity at high discharge rates, with prototype pouch cells tested by QinetiQ showing 99% capacity retention at 2C and 92% capacity retention in 5C discharge. #batterychemistries #batterytesting #cathodeactivematerial #ElectricVehicle #EV #Futurride #IntegralsPower #InternationalEnergyAgencyreports #LFP #lithiumironphosphate #lithiummanganeseironphosphate #LMFP #QinetiQ #sustainablemobility https://futurride.com/2025/03/05/integrals-power-world-first-lmfp-battery-cathodes-pass-qinetiq-test/

Volvo’s ES90 defined by software and Superset tech stack experience The second Volvo on the software-defined SPA2 platform benefits from the development learnings of the EX90 SUV and is based on our Superset tech stack, a single set of hardware and software modules underpinning all of the automakers future electric cars. #Aptiv #electricsedan #ElectricVehicle #EV #Futurride #Google #GoogleHDmaps #HaleyTek #Luminar #Nvidia #NvidiaDriveAGXOrin #Polestar #Polestar3 #sustainablemobility #Volvo #VolvoES90 #VolvoEX90 #VolvoSPA2architecture #VolvoSPA3architecture #VolvoSupersettechstack #Zenseact https://futurride.com/2025/03/05/volvos-es90-defined-by-software-and-superset-tech-stack-experience/