Partnership Announcement: ECARX has secured a contract with Volkswagen to provide advanced digital cockpit solutions, including the ECARX Antora® 1000 computing platform and ECARX Cloudpeak® software architecture, for various Volkswagen models.
Integration of Google Services: The digital cockpit solutions will feature Google Automotive Services (GAS), enhancing user experience with services like Google Maps and Google Assistant, while also offering an offline solution through the ECARX Antora® 500 platform.
Rapid Development and Certification: ECARX has reduced the integration time for GAS certification from 12-18 months to just eight months by leveraging Google's best practices, showcasing their efficiency in delivering advanced automotive technology.
Company Background: Founded in 2017 and listed on Nasdaq in 2022, ECARX is a global automotive technology provider with over 1,500 employees, focusing on full-stack solutions for next-generation smart vehicles, currently present in approximately 10 million vehicles worldwide.
Ecarx Holdings Inc is a holding company primarily engaged in the development of system-on-chip (SoC) core modules, automotive computing platforms, and software solutions. The Company mainly engages in the development and production of automotive computing platforms, infotainment head units, digital cockpits, vehicle chip-set solutions, a core operating system, and an integrated software stack. The Company’s products include infotainment head units that support around view monitoring integration, augmented reality navigation, and local-end natural language understanding and processing. The Company also offers various computing platforms such as Makalu, Atlas, Pikes, and Galena. The Company provides automotive central computing platforms that consolidate software in fewer electronic control units. The Company's products and solutions are mainly applied in the automotive industry.
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