Stellantis is teaming up with the UK-based automated driving intelligence company Wayve to embedded Waywe's self-driving tech its STLA AutoDrive platform for hands-free, supervised Level 2++ driving on urban roads and highways, enabling Stellantis customers to enjoy a 'hands-free door-to-door service', while enhancing safety and convenience.
Stellantis - one of the world's largest automotive makers - is the latest carmaker to join the autonomous driving race as it joins together with automated driving intelligence company Wayve to offer hands-free driving.
The partnership will see Stellantis, which owns Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, integrate Wayve's artificial intelligence driving software into the carmaker's STLA AutoDrive platform. It will enable Stellantis cars to utilise hands-free, supervised Level 2++ driving on urban roads and on highways. This is similar to Tesla's Full Self-Driving. Stellantis recently invested in Wayve, a British company building AI platforms for autonomous driving vehicles and is now building out the collaboration to scale-up the manufacturing of self-driving vehicles.
The first vehicle integration is planned for North America in 2028. In London, Wayve is already conducting Level 4 fully autonomous live driving trials in partnership with Uber - the largest market where Uber is piloting autonomous vehicles.
Stellantis, which owns Peugeot and Citroen, has partnered with AI autonomous driving firm Wayve to embed Wayve's self-driving tech its STLA AutoDrive platform Stellantis says that the move towards a 'hands-free door-to-door service’ is a significant step forward in Stellantis’ strategy to deliver intuitive, safe, and very natural advanced driver‑assistance systems to customers'. Read More Drug driving reoffending five times higher than drink driving It will then 'evolve toward more advanced levels of automation over time' as regulations allow, and customer expectations increase.
Ned Curic, Chief Engineering and Technology Officer, said: 'Combining our STLA AutoDrive platform with Wayve’s groundbreaking AI-first approach creates a genuinely intuitive and enjoyable hands-free driving experience.
'This collaboration is a testament to how the right partnerships allow us to scale advanced technology globally while anchoring customer safety and experience at the center. ' Wayve’s end-to-end AI approach is designed to generalize across geographies and vehicle types, supporting deployment across multiple markets over time, which allows for faster deployment and continuous improvement through real‑world data.
Wayve’s AI technology, integrated into STLA AutoDrive platform, is designed to deliver human-like driving behaviour that can continuously improve through learning from real‑world experience. This technology supports safer, more natural and more intuitive driving assistance, aligned with how customers actually drive and move through their daily environments.
The technology will 'evolve toward more advanced levels of automation over time' as regulations allow, and customer expectations increase RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Early development on Stellantis vehicles has already started, and long term could see AI‑driven solutions added across Stellantis product lineup. The news comes just as an industry boss slammed self-driving cars for lacking 'common sense' after one tried to drive itself down a flooded road in the US.
Igal Raichelgauz, chief executive of Autobrains, a company which supplies artificial intelligence technology for driverless cars, told the Financial Times Future of the Car event that autonomous cars learning by example 'is not enough'. Raichelgauz warned that some manufacturers 'feeding examples' of road conditions to their self-driving vehicles can lead to issues if something unexpected happens.
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