According to Renault and an accompanying press release by Google (via PR Newswire), Renault and Google are expanding their collaboration in the automotive space, with the Renault Group creating a new software company called Ampere. The focus of this new company will be developing both hardware and software for fully-electric vehicles to be sold under the Renault brand, focusing on what Renault is calling Software-Defined Vehicle technology, or SDV for short. Renault will use Ampere to augment its vehicle development in a few ways.
Ampere’s software focus is set to refine Renault’s in-vehicle experience to deliver a more personal experience to end users using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis, and leverage Google’s Android Automotive platform and cloud resources to create a “Digital Twin.” According to Google, the Digital Twin is an AI-enhanced, cloud-based, virtual replica of a vehicle that can be used by Renault and Ampere to refine, develop, and test in-car services, analyze and adapt to driver behavior, and detect and prevent failures in real-time.
Renault plans to launch its first open SDV platform by 2026, in the FlexEVan — a light commercial vehicle that will use the SDV technology for fleet management, which Renault claims will result in a 30% cost reduction for fleet operators. It remains to be seen how these developments will enhance the company’s consumer-facing products, though, since Renault did not provide a target for consumer vehicles developed with the new technology.
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