Hyundai, Nvidia AV partnership | Level 4 advances at Nvidia GTC | Hitachi, Teleo supervised autonomy | Komatsu Smart Quarry Autonomous & Pronto | NXP zonal architectures

Volume 6, Issue 7

Hyundai Motor Group and Nvidia expand partnership for autonomous driving technology

Announced during the GTC AI conference, Hyundai will use the Nvidia Drive Hyperion platform to accelerate development of data-driven autonomous driving systems, the expanded partnership including Level 2+ deployment across select vehicles and Level 4 robotaxi innovation through Motional.

Nvidia makes AV news at GTC with Level 4 advances

At its premier conference, the AI pioneer announced that vehicle makers like BYD, Geely, Isuzu, and Nissan are building Level 4-ready vehicles on its Hyperion platform, and it rolled out a Halos OS, new Alpamayo model, and NuRec technologies help train, simulate, and refine autonomous driving systems at scale.

Hitachi and Teleo demo supervised autonomy to overcome workforce shortage challenges

At CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026, the construction machinery company and startup partnered to show the heavy equipment world a single operator remotely controlling a Hitachi wheel loader and an articulated dump truck, with the technology soon to have a broader reach into other industries.

Komatsu Smart Quarry Autonomous spotlights Pronto autonomy

The two companies are working to expand quarry-specific digital offerings such as the Komatsu HD605-10 truck fitted with Smart Quarry Autonomous recognized by CONEXPO-CON/AGG Next Level Awards for equipment and technologies that apply automation and digital capabilities to jobsite challenges.

NXP solution speeds development of 48-V zonal architectures

The CoreRide Z248 zonal reference system shown at Embedded World this week combines 48-V energy distribution and intelligent data routing on a pre-integrated hardware-software foundation, unlocking silicon performance and delivering a faster, scalable, lower-risk path to production of SDV architectures.