An unnamed major German automaker has selected neueHCT’s QNX-powered HCT Luna smart camera for a global passenger vehicle platform launching in China.
BlackBerry’s QNX and neueHCT announced the selection and said the programme is expected to later expand to Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea.
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Production is scheduled to begin in 2027, with volumes projected to reach several million units during the first three years.
The companies described it as the first major global programme for the QNX-based HCT Luna solution.
Its use will extend from individual vehicle applications to multiple platforms and models.
The camera solution is based on Horizon Robotics’ Journey 6B automotive compute platform and operates on QNX Operating System (OS) for Safety 8.0.
It is designed to provide advanced active safety functions and a front-view smart camera as standard equipment in mass-production vehicles.
Its features include automatic emergency braking, lane departure warning and traffic light recognition.
neueHCT COO Simon Zhang said: “By combining our scalable intelligent driving architecture with Horizon Robotics’ Journey 6B platform and QNX OS for Safety 8.0, we are providing automakers with a high-quality solution that meets market access requirements and user needs across diverse overseas markets and regions.”
The system also covers vehicle cut-ins, sharp curves and construction zones, along with vehicle centring in situations where lane markings are limited or absent.
QNX said the solution uses a scalable, platform-based algorithm architecture that can be adapted to different vehicle platforms and may help automakers reduce development and launch cycles.
neueHCT was established in 2022 as a joint venture between Aumovio and Horizon Robotics.
It supplies advanced driver assistance systems and intelligent driving solutions to global original equipment manufacturers across passenger vehicles, two-wheeled mobility and level 4 autonomous driving logistics vehicles.
QNX president John Wall added: “This programme demonstrates the role QNX OS for Safety 8.0 can play in helping scale advanced driver assistance capabilities across platforms, models and markets.”
Earlier this year, QNX and German software company Vector launched Alloy Kore, a foundational vehicle software platform developed for software-defined vehicles.
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