Trimble has expanded its collaboration with Qualcomm to provide precise positioning solutions for automated vehicles, including heavy trucks. Credit: Trimble.

Trimble has expanded its collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies to offer precise positioning solutions for automated vehicles, ranging from passenger cars to heavy trucks.

The partnership will integrate Trimble’s ProPoint Go positioning engine with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2, to provide positioning accuracy within 10cm.

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The joint solution is expected to be available in vehicles by 2028, supporting Level 2+ and potentially higher levels of automated driving (AD) applications.

It will enable high-accuracy positioning for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) applications for automotive manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers, Trimble claims.

The Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2 allows customers to expand into Level 3 autonomous driving applications and C-V2X solutions using the same chipset.

Trimble vice president positioning services Olivier Casabianca said: “Continued success between Qualcomm Technologies and Trimble is a testament to our joint innovation and delivery of solutions that help make higher levels of ADAS and C-V2X a reality for the automotive and telecom industries.

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“Together we are ensuring the highest standards of accuracy and are empowering our end customers to operate with confidence. While fully automated vehicles and trucking are still in the development stages, we are making great strides in providing technology to meet the requirements of greater levels of autonomy.”

Trimble’s ProPoint Go positioning engine delivers position and orientation data through the fusion of GNSS signals, leveraging globally accessible high-accuracy Trimble correction services and data from a variety of sensors.

It offers cm-level position, velocity, and time information, which is vital for the safety and reliability of automated driving capabilities.

The Snapdragon Auto 5G Modem-RF Gen 2 automotive connectivity platform is equipped with features, including integrated C-V2X direct communications, support for non-terrestrial networks (NTN), high-precision multi-frequency global navigation satellite system (HP-GNSS), and RF Front-End (RFFE) functionalities.

Qualcomm Technologies vice president, product management Jeff Arnold said: “We are committed to delivering driver assistance technologies with a focus on achieving automated driving and creating a system that accurately responds to its surroundings.

“Our continued collaboration with Trimble allows us to add more reliable and accurate positioning to our technology stack that enhances our commitment to maintaining the highest levels of safety and system reliability.”