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04 April 2025

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04 April 2025

Lotus Robotics, HERE to develop highway navigation pilot for automated driving

The L2+ ADAS solution, powered by HERE HD Live Map, is planned for homologation in Europe in 2025.

Archana Rani April 03 2025

Lotus Robotics, the intelligent driving arm of Lotus Technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HERE Technologies, a provider of mapping and location technology, to develop an advanced Highway Navigation Pilot solution.

The partnership will produce an L2+ advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) solution, powered by HERE HD Live Map, with plans for homologation in Europe in 2025.

The solution integrates an "advanced" sensor perception stack and a "high-precision" map to enable safe, hands-free driving in specific situations.

The two firms plan to deploy this solution in future Lotus vehicles, while also making it available to other automakers in the region.

Lotus’ Highway Navigation Pilot is a comprehensive hardware and software package that includes automated lane changes, highway transitions, and passing manoeuvres.

HERE’ HD Live Map enhances the automated driving system's safety by providing data for localisation, prediction, and path planning.

Its mapping architecture utilises AI and machine learning to ensure high accuracy and detail in its mapping solutions.

Lotus Robotics CEO Dr Bo Li said: “We see a huge potential need for L2+ ADAS and NOA (Navigation on Autopilot) in highway scenarios for the global market in the near future.

“Lotus Robotics is dedicated to building an open ecosystem together with our strategic partners including HD map services provided by HERE Technologies as a key element of our technical stack of automated driving. We are expecting a rapid rollout of this product portfolio combining Lotus Robotics Software and HERE Map data across the globe.”

The collaboration builds on a successful partnership from 2022, where Lotus and HERE developed a custom navigation solution for the electric hyper-SUV Lotus Eletre and hyper-GT Lotus Emeya.

The two firms are now expanding their cooperation to further advance automated driving technologies.

HERE Technologies chief customer officer Jason Jameson said: “We are excited to collaborate and co-innovate with Lotus Robotics in the field of automated driving."

"Fresh and accurate location data and technology are a critical cornerstone for any safe and efficient automated driving system. Together with Lotus Robotics, we look forward to paving the way for the future of autonomous vehicles."

Last month, Lotus Robotics and CaoCao Mobility unveiled fully autonomous driving platform for robotaxis.

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