AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Oct. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Nexteer Automotive’s Automated Steering Actuator has been chosen as “Autonomous Vehicle Innovation of the Year” in the third annual AutoTech Breakthrough Awards program, which acknowledges innovation in automotive and transportation applied sciences round the world.
Nexteer’s progressive Automated Steering Actuator removes the literal and figurative limitations of shared autonomous automobiles (SAVs) that function in geo-fenced, final mile and neighborhood automobiles. This innovation achieves larger speeds, larger steering hundreds and overcomes security, sturdiness and lots of different SAV challenges.
“Nexteer is honored to be recognized by AutoTech Breakthrough for our Automated Steering Actuator. This innovative solution will improve safety and performance for future mobility and solve OEM challenges across industry megatrends like electrification, autonomy, shared mobility and connectivity,” mentioned Robin Milavec, President, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Executive Board Director, Nexteer Automotive. “Earning this AutoTech Breakthrough recognition further demonstrates Nexteer’s technology leadership and how we’re poised to be the global leading motion control technology company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting.”
About Automated Steering Actuator
Nexteer’s award-winning Automated Steering Actuator facilitates broader adoption of SAVs, like individuals movers, to be succesful of larger hundreds and better speeds, in comparison with present last-mile, geofenced and neighborhood automobiles on the market. This progressive steering answer provides excessive security protection via a mixture of software program, electrical {hardware}, mechanical and sealing redundancies – plus elevated sturdiness and reliability efficiency required for larger hundreds as a consequence of rising automobile weights (battery mass) and extra demanding use-cases of SAVs with out driver guide back-up.
In addition to the AutoTech Breakthrough Award, the Automated Steering Actuator has additionally been acknowledged as a 2022 Automotive News PACE Award Finalist and a 2022 CES Innovation Award Honoree.
“SAVs represent a convergence of megatrends like electrification, shared mobility, autonomous driving and connectivity. Current autonomous steering systems are based mostly on traditional use cases. However, SAVs require increased life expectancy, durability and robustness,” mentioned Bryan Vaughn, Managing Director of AutoTech Breakthrough Awards. “Nexteer’s Automated Steering Actuator is a game-changing steering innovation that will enable this future mobility revolution. Designed for serviceability, while providing augmented unit economics with its increased robustness, it’s our choice for the ‘Autonomous Vehicle Innovation of the Year’ award. Congratulations to Nexteer!”
About AutoTech Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a number one market intelligence and recognition platform for international know-how innovation and management, the AutoTech Breakthrough Awards program is dedicated to honoring excellence in automotive and transportation applied sciences, providers, firms and merchandise round the world. The AutoTech Breakthrough Awards program gives a discussion board for public recognition round the achievements of AutoTech firms and options in classes together with Connected Car, Electric Vehicles, Engine Tech, Automotive CyberSecurity, Sensor Technology, Traffic Tech, Vehicle Telematics and extra. This yr’s program attracted greater than 1,500 nominations from over 15 totally different international locations all through the world. For extra info go to AutoTechBreakthrough.com
About Nexteer
Nexteer Automotive (HK 1316) is a world main movement management know-how firm accelerating mobility to be secure, inexperienced and thrilling. Our progressive product and know-how portfolio contains electrical and hydraulic energy steering techniques, steer-by-wire techniques, steering columns and intermediate shafts, driveline techniques, eDrive and software program options. The firm solves movement management challenges throughout all megatrends – together with electrification, software program/connectivity, ADAS/automated driving and shared mobility – for greater than 60 clients round the world together with BMW, Ford, GM, RNM, Stellantis, Toyota and VW, in addition to automakers in India and China. www.nexteer.com
