NVIDIA says European automakers and mobility providers are showcasing autonomous-mobility use cases on NVIDIA Hyperion, a computing platform for L3 and L4 vehicles and future robotaxi fleets. Volvo Cars is also adopting Hyperion and NVIDIA Alpamayo Stack software for automated driving.
The Hyperion modular architecture supports programs ranging from passenger vehicles and robotaxi fleets to autonomous freight trucks. It is compatible with NVIDIA Alpamayo Stack autonomous-driving software as well as partners’ own driving software.
Bolt selected Alpamayo Stack for its European robotaxi program, starting with future Lucid vehicles built on Hyperion. Bolt and NVIDIA plan to adapt the software for European roads and integrate it into vehicles from multiple manufacturers. Subject to regulatory approval, Bolt plans to begin gathering real-world driving data in Madrid in 2027. Germany is a priority for future deployment as part of a planned European rollout of at least 25,000 level 4-capable future Lucid vehicles built on Hyperion. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is presenting its autonomous ID. Buzz AD vehicle platform with Hyperion, while Mercedes-Benz is extending its partnership with NVIDIA to support development of L3 and L4 capabilities.
NVIDIA introduced Halos SAFE, the Safety Assurance Framework for Evaluation, within its Halos safety system. The framework connects simulation, software- and hardware-in-the-loop evaluation, on-road testing and fleet monitoring through defined scenarios, tests and measurable performance criteria to generate traceable safety evidence. dSPACE, IVEX and TÜV Rheinland are collaborating on evaluation workflows.
New development tools include Alpamayo 2 Edge, a 2-billion-parameter reasoning model built on NVIDIA Cosmos, optimized for the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor platform and designed to run at 10Hz for in-vehicle scene understanding and motion planning; new Cosmos 3 Nano model variants for synthetic data generation and closed-loop simulation; and Alpamayo Agentic Factory, an open blueprint expected to become available in early 2027 that uses AI agents to connect data preparation, model post-training and simulation evaluation. Einride is building its next-generation Einride Driver on Hyperion for autonomous freight trucks, using Halos, Alpamayo and NVIDIA Cosmos open world models to develop and validate its driving system.
