Karma Automotive launches self driving van

By CARSIFU | 10 April 2020


LOS ANGELES: Karma Automotive has launched its all-electric SAE Level 4 autonomous van.

To enable autonomous last mile transportation, the company is working with technology leaders like WeRide and NVIDIA.

Karma’s new L4 E-Flex Van is powered by the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Pegasus autonomous vehicle computing platform - built on a scalable architecture, with two NVIDIA Xavier processors and two Tensor Core GPUs.

This energy-efficient, high-performance AI computer runs an array of deep neural networks simultaneously for safe, highly automated and fully autonomous driving.

The L4 van’s software platform and sensors suite are supported by WeRide, which covers full 360-degree FoV (Field of View) and provides precise, real-time localizations powered by multiple sensors including LiDar, radar, camera, GNSS and INS.

The Karma L4 van is the latest in a series of platform development projects featuring the Karma E-Flex Platform.

“Using the E-Flex Platform, our goal was to create collaborative partnerships that address a wide array of applications,” said Srini Gowda, Karma Automotive’s VP of Autonomous Driving/ADAS.

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