Stellantis, Foxconn to Develop Breakthrough Digital Cockpits and Personalized Connected Services with Mobile Drive Joint Venture
Publish Date :2021/05/18
Source: Foxconn
Stellantis NV and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.,
together with its subsidiary FIH Mobile Ltd., (“FIH”), announced the signing of
a non-binding memorandum of understanding to form Mobile Drive on May 18th.
Mobile Drive is a 50/50 voting rights joint venture aimed at accelerating
development timelines to bring innovative in-vehicle user experiences enabled by
advanced consumer electronics, HMI interfaces and services that will exceed
customer expectations.
Mobile Drive will combine Stellantis’ global vehicle design and engineering
expertise with Foxconn’s global development in the rapidly changing software and
hardware realms of smartphones and consumer electronics. The combination will
position Mobile Drive at the forefront of global efforts to deliver a new
frontier of in-cabin information and entertainment capabilities, seamlessly
connected inside and outside the vehicles in which they are installed.
“Today, there’s something that matters just as much as beautiful design or
innovative technology, it’s how the features inside our vehicles improve the
lives of our customers,” said Carlos Tavares, Chief Executive Officer at
Stellantis. “Software is a strategic move for our industry and Stellantis
intends to lead with Mobile Drive, a company that will enable the swift
development of connectivity features and services that mark the next great
evolution of our industry, just as electrification technology has.”
“The vehicles of the future will be increasingly software driven and software
defined. Customers today and, in the future, demand and expect ever increasing
software driven and creative solutions to connect the drivers and passengers
with the vehicle inside and out. Mobile Drive will meet and exceed these
expectations with teams of designers and software and hardware engineers,” said
Chairman Young Liu at Foxconn. “This is a natural extension of Foxconn’s global
leadership in the development and application of smart technologies to improve
the quality of life of consumers around the world.”
All development by Mobile Drive will be co-owned by Stellantis and Foxconn.
The Netherlands-based joint venture will operate as an automotive supplier,
competitively bidding to supply software solutions and related hardware for
Stellantis and other interested automakers.
"Leveraging Foxconn’s extensive knowledge of user experience and software
development in mobile ecosystems, Mobile Drive will offer the disruptive smart
cockpit solution that will seamlessly integrate the automobile into the driver’s
mobile-centric lifestyle,” Calvin Chih, Chief Executive Officer at FIH.
“With this partnership, we will push the boundaries in connected car
technology and bring immersive experiences yet to be imagined,” said Yves
Bonnefont, Chief Software Officer at Stellantis. “Mobile Drive ultimately gives
us the agility we need to provide the digital experience of the future at the
speed our customers demand.”
Mobile Drive will focus on infotainment, telematics and cloud service
platform development with software innovations expected to include artificial
intelligence-based applications, 5G communication, upgraded over-the-air
services, e-commerce opportunities and smart cockpit integrations.
Foxconn and Stellantis previously partnered in the development of the Airflow
Vision design concept, displayed at CES®, the world's most influential
technology event.
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