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.

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Following the company’s return to the U.S. stock market, Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua issued an open letter stating that Mobileye will be stronger and more valuable than before when it goes public again. Over the past five years, Mobileye has evolved, advanced and continued to deliver the driver assistance technologies the market needs under the Intel umbrella, from the popular safety applications of today to the fully automated driving solutions of tomorrow.

Data shows that since the first EyeQ chip shipped, more than 800 models and more than 125 million vehicles have been equipped with Mobileye’s technology.

Amnon Shashua said that in its five years as a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel, Mobileye has accelerated the pace of business development and is well-prepared for the new journey ahead. In five years, Mobileye has successfully developed and delivered the advanced core platform technologies required for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): Road Network Information Management (REM) autonomous vehicle mapping technology, RSS-based driving strategies, True Redundancy sensing systems, and multiple generations of advanced EyeQ system integration chip (an all-in-one software and hardware solution defined autonomously).

However, Amnon Shashua says this is not a step into completely new territory for Mobileye, as they have been operating independently — self-funding R&D and transitioning from technology provider to mobility services driver — before and during their time with Intel. “I’m confident that after we go public again, we will continue to grow and thrive.”

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