u-blox, Geespace team for high precision automotive positioning
Swiss position expert u-blox has signed a deal with a satellite subsidiary of Chinese car maker Geely to expand augmentation services for high precision positioning applications.
The deal allows u-blox and Geespace to extend and combine their services in Europe, the US, European, and Chinese markets, primarily in the automotive sector. Geespace uses satellites launched by Geely to support its car brands, which includes Volvo and Polestar in Sweden and Lotus in the UK as well as electric brand Lynk & Co. It also has a deal with global contract manufacturer Foxconn which is aiming to build electric vehicles
Related articles
- u-blox teams for global GNSS augmentation
- Cohda Wireless partners with u-blox on V2X
- Car maker starts satellite production
- European Commission clears Geely, Foxconn joint venture
The rise of reliable and cost-effective high precision positioning has improved the accuracy of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) solutions to the order of tens of centimetres, enabling new applications in automotive, industrial and robotic applications.
Global adoption has, however, been hampered by a fragmentation of the augmentation services in technical specification, coverage and pricing.
The deal provides the worldwide coverage and unified pricing and business models needed to for mass-market high precision solutions for automotive and industrial customers operating on a global scale.
The two are creating combined full-stack high precision positioning software and hardware solutions for customers across the US, European, and Chinese markets. This will enable Geespac to use the u-blox PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service to grow its coverage to serve Geely’s automotive brands.
Meanwhile it will enable u-blox to expand the coverage of the PointPerfect service to offer their customers a comprehensive high precision solution for products sold in China, and benefit from simplified development and logistics efforts.
“We are proud to enter into this partnership with u-blox, a reliable and innovative provider with a long history in GNSS products and solutions. Through this partnership, we aim to provide a very competitive and comprehensive solution to support our automotive market in the USA and Europe, and to support the level of technological innovation our customers and car drivers expect from our products.” says Ding Sheng, CTO at Geespace.
“This partnership with Geespace is a cornerstone to our plans of expanding our services and solutions in the APAC region. With this expansion u-blox will be able to offer PointPerfect and high precision solutions to all our American and European customers that have products ready for the Chinese market. At the same time, we will create an alliance with one of the most successful car makers in the automotive industry,” says Franco de Lorenzo, Principal Product Owner, Product Centre Services, at u-blox.
www.u-blox.com
Other related articles
- Connected car firm opens Euro HQ in Sweden
- UK start-up and u-blox sign cutting-edge GNSS deal
- GNSS receiver comes in 7 x 7 mm package
- GPS/GNSS receiver for machines and autonomous systems
Other articles on eenews Europe
- DJI stops drone sales to Russia and Ukraine
- Video shows world record speed for autonomous car
- Tackling the challenges of RISC-V
- Espressif moves exclusively to RISC-V
If you enjoyed this article, you will like the following ones: don't miss them by subscribing to :
