VW Commercial Vehicles to develop self-driving van with Mobileye

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles will work with Mobileye to further the development of its self-driving vehicles.

Mobileye will develop and supply software, hardware components and digital maps for the self-driving ID Buzz AD.

VW conducted a series of tests using its autonomous ID Buzz test vehicle, last year.

It has been under development since 2021 and corresponds to the Level 4 definition of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), in which the autonomous vehicle operates self-driving in a defined area such as a city.

“Bringing autonomous shuttles on the road in large quantities requires cooperation from strong partners,” said Christian Senger, member of the Board of Management at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, responsible for Autonomous Driving, Mobility and Transport (ADMT).

“We are developing the first fully autonomous large-scale production vehicle, using Mobileye’s digital driver,” he added.

The partnership takes advantage of the automated driving system synergies in the Volkswagen group; depending on the expansion level, modules can be shared across SAE levels from 2+ to 4 driving down cost and facilitating the ability to scale.

The aim of Volkswagen ADMT is to develop the fully electric autonomous ID Buzz AD for the use in mobility and transport services starting in 2026.