Volkswagen Group Joins Forces with Valeo and Mobileye to Improve Driver Assistance in MQB Cars

Volkswagen Group has joined forces with Valeo and Mobileye to improve driver assistance in future MQB vehicles.

Takeaway Points

• The collaboration aims to improve safety and driving comfort in Volkswagen’s upcoming MQB-based vehicle portfolio.
• The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading car makers, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. 

Volkswagen Group said on Tuesday that it is working with Valeo and Mobileye to upgrade the advanced driver assistance systems up to Level 2+ (“enhanced partially automated driving”) in its upcoming vehicle portfolio based on the MQB platform. Launching in the following years, this cooperation will improve safety and driving comfort in high-volume vehicles, addressing both customer expectations and regulatory requirements.

Dirk Große-Loheide, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand responsible for Procurement and Member of Volkswagen AG’s Extended Executive Committee, commented, “This cooperation supports us on our road to transformation: by sourcing hardware and software together, we streamline procurement, reduce complexity, and improve efficiency. It also empowers our performance program by enhancing technology while keeping costs competitive, ensuring high-quality solutions for our customers.”

Prof. Amnon Shashua, president and CEO of Mobileye, remarked, “Working with Valeo and Volkswagen Group, this software and hardware integrated approach puts AI innovations to work in the real world. By improving efficiency and costs while upgrading capabilities for safety and comfort in driver assist, this system points the way to a new class of driving technology.”

Other Comment

Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo Brain Division, said, “At Valeo, we are committed to advancing innovation in driver assistance technology. We are excited to embark on a new journey and to offer to Volkswagen, together with Mobileye, this complete solution of affordable, state-of-the-art, advanced driving features for their end-users.” 

The System 

The system will offer features like traffic jam assist, hazard detection, parking assist, driver monitoring, and 360-degree emergency assist, with future-ready capabilities such as augmented reality displays, the company said.

According to the report, through the partnership and streamlined procurement across many brands, Volkswagen Group is advancing vehicle safety and automation while ensuring efficient development and cost-effective solutions for its customers.

About the Volkswagen Group

The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading car makers, headquartered in Wolfsburg, Germany. It operates globally, with 115 production facilities in 17 European countries and 10 countries in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. With around 680,000 employees worldwide. The group’s vehicles are sold in over 150 countries.

With an unrivaled portfolio of strong global brands, leading technologies at scale, innovative ideas to tap into future profit pools, and an entrepreneurial leadership team, the Volkswagen Group is committed to shaping the future of mobility through investments in electric and autonomous driving vehicles, digitalization, and sustainability.

In 2024, the total number of vehicles delivered to customers by the group globally was 9.0 million (2023: 9.2 million). Group sales revenue in 2024 totaled EUR 324.7 billion (2023: EUR 322.3 billion). The operating result in 2024 amounted to EUR 19.1 billion (2023: EUR 22.5 billion).

About Mobileye

Mobileye (Nasdaq: MBLY) leads the mobility revolution with our autonomous driving and driver-assistance technologies, harnessing world-renowned expertise in artificial intelligence, computer vision, mapping, and integrated software and hardware. Since our founding in 1999, Mobileye has enabled the wide adoption of advanced driver-assistance systems that bolster driving safety while pioneering such groundbreaking technologies as REM™ crowdsourced mapping, True Redundancy sensing, and Responsibility Sensitive Safety (RSS).

These technologies drive the ADAS and AV fields towards the future of mobility—enabling self-driving vehicles and mobility solutions at scale and powering industry-leading advanced driver-assistance systems. Through 2024, more than 200 million vehicles worldwide have been built with Mobileye’s EyeQ technology inside. Since 2022, Mobileye has been listed independently from Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), which retains majority ownership. For more information, visit https://www.mobileye.com.