▲ Volvo EX90 (Photo courtesy of NVIDIA)


Drive Orin, a computing platform that operates key functions inside vehicles
EX90 SUV, the first vehicle equipped with autonomous driving hardware

Volvo Cars has announced the start of a new era of electrification, technology and safety by adopting NVIDIA's platform.

NVIDIA announced on the 10th that the Volvo EX90 SUV based on NVIDIA DRIVE Orin has been released.

The vehicle has been redesigned from the ground up with a new powertrain, branding, and software-defined AI computing powered by the centralized NVIDIA DRIVE Orin platform.

The Volvo EX90 silhouette follows the design principle of Volvo cars where form follows function while also taking into account aesthetics.

Under the hood, it’s packed with cutting-edge technologies for new advancements in electrification, connectivity, core computing, safety and infotainment.

The EX90 is positioned as the first Volvo car to be hardware-ready for autonomous driving, known as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV).

The Volvo EX90 has a smart exterior and the brains to back it up.

Volvo Cars' proprietary software runs on NVIDIA Drive Orin.

Drive Orin handles most of the core functions inside the vehicle, including safety, infotainment, and battery management. The function works.

This intelligent architecture is designed to provide a highly responsive and enjoyable experience for all passengers on board the vehicle.

The Drive Orin SoC delivers 254 trillion operations per second, providing ample compute headroom for software-defined architectures.

It is designed to handle the numerous applications and deep neural networks required to achieve systematic safety standards such as ISO 26262 ASIL-D.

In its future car, dubbed Computer on Wheels, Volvo Cars looks set to add and improve more software features.

“The Volvo EX90 is just the beginning of Volvo Cars’ plan for a software-defined future,” Volvo said. “Volvo Cars plans to launch a new EV every year until 2025, with the ultimate goal of having a fully electric, software-defined lineup by 2030.”