Stelantis wants to enable most of its new vehicles to receive over-the-air updates by 2024. With software being a key aspect of the plan, Stelantis wants to tap into the engineering prowess of India, where it has 3 technology centres.
see photosStelantis currently has three technology centers in India – in Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad.
Stelantis, the world’s sixth-largest automaker, has said it wants to be seen as a mobility tech company rather than a car maker. To that effect, the company is targeting an incremental income of EUR 20 billion from software-driven vehicles by 2030. While the bigger target is 34 million connected vehicles by the end of the decade, a closer target is to make the most of new vehicles capable of receiving over-the-air updates by 2024. And India is set to play a major role in this.
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With software being a key aspect of the plan, Stelantis, which has three technology centers in India – in Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad – is looking to tap into the country’s engineering prowess. Mamta Chamarthi, Head of Software Business and Product Management, Stelantis, has told ET Auto that by 2024, the company will have 100% of its components and features with over-the-air updates. Therefore, in the next 3 years, the company aims to have 12 million connected cars with 6 million over-the-air updates.
Stelantis aims to have 34 million connected vehicles by the end of the decade, with EUR 20 billion in incremental revenue from software-driven vehicles.
Of the three technology centres, Satellite’s Hyderabad unit will be the key for software-intensive projects with autonomous driving and connected vehicle technologies, as the focus is on artificial technology and software engineering. The center was founded last year by Fiat Chrysler. Chamarthy wants to double the number of engineers at Stelantis’ Hyderabad Tech Center and plans to hire around 4,500 software engineers in the company’s technology centers. Apart from the standard recruitment process, the company is also looking at partnerships with universities in India and rest of the world to create a talent pool.
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Stelantis to invest about $30 million in electric vehicles and software
Stelantis engineers at its Indian technical centers will also work on new AI technology platforms – STLA Brain, STLA Smart Cockpit and STLA Autodrive, which will be launched in 2024. The company will have four new EVs on these platforms – STLA Small, STLA Medium, STLA Large and STLA Frame. In fact, Stelantis will invest about $30 million in electric vehicles and software.
Stelantis is also working on some strategic partnerships, and one is a joint venture deal with Foxconn for a technology platform. In fact, the company will reveal more strategies in the times to come, some of which could be announced at the next Consumer Electronics Show or CES 2022.
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Source: ET Auto
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