On January 4th, Mobileye, an autonomous driving subsidiary of Intel, announced that it has obtained a license from TÜV SÜD, an independent third-party testing, certification, auditing and consulting service provider in Germany. proposed, will be able to operate self-driving cars on German roads.
Mobileye said the license paves the way for Mobileye to expand its pilot in Germany, allowing Mobileye to operate NIO’s ES8 electric vehicle equipped with Mobileye Drive’s autonomous driving system and equipped with a safety officer on all German roads.
According to reports, in 2021, Mobileye will choose to provide Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Munich, Darmstadt and other parts of Europe together with NIO ES8 and other partners. Equipped with Mobileye’s self-driving hardware and software, the NIO ES8s are planned to be used in Germany as self-driving taxis and shuttles, integrated into the local public transport system.
The European Union and Germany issued relevant regulations in 2022 to ensure the safety of self-driving car testing and deployment. Mobileye said that it will gradually accelerate the pilot project of mobility-as-a-service in Germany in 2023 under the premise of complying with relevant regulations.
Until all the necessary approvals and permits are obtained for fully driverless driving, these cars will be equipped with a safety officer when they are in operation.
The NIO ES8 tested was retrofitted with a range of sensors and equipped with Mobileye Drive, Mobileye’s autonomous driving system, with a defined operational design range (ODD).
Mobileye notes that the self-driving car has redundant sensing capabilities through 13 cameras and a separate auxiliary perception system that includes six surround radars, three long-range and six short-range surround lidars.
