The cloud machine-learning algorithms could learn from billions of real and simulated miles.

The quest for automated vehicles continuesIn fact, with the deluge of new vehicles in the market, there has been glimpse of automation in one way or another. At Volkswagen Group, automated driving remains one of its goals and the German auto group has partnered with Microsoft to accelerate the development of automated functions into its vehicle offerings.

ADAS require large-scale computational capabilities, especially since petabytes (1 million GB) of data are expected to be transferred every day. Likewise, connected driving experiences also require machine-learning algorithms that could learn from billions of real and simulated miles.

To address these requirements, Car.Software Organization and Microsoft will simplify the developer experience while leveraging the "learnings from miles driven" from real traffic data (from VW vehicles) and simulation data. With Microsoft Azure and Microsoft's agile development tools and methods, Car.Software Organizations developers could work on a single development environment.

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ADAS and AD functions will be tested, deployed and operated through Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, another collaboration between VW and Microsoft. Started in 2018, the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud will allow the integration of digital services and mobility offerings across VW's brands in the future. It will also allow VW to deliver vehicle updates and new features without installing new hardware.

The first test vehicles connected to the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud will hit the road this year, with production rollout expected in 2022. The integration of the ADP and Volkswagen Automotive Cloud will occur as Car.Software Organization integrates its software solutions, tools and methods. Once integrated, the ADP can cut development cycles from months to weeks, while efficiently a managing massive amount of data.

Source: Volkswagen

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