Magna has confirmed that it’s collaborating with Fisker to develop an Superior Driver Help System (ADAS), which will likely be utilized to the Fisker Ocean SUV that’s anticipated to launch in late 2022.
This new enterprise win demonstrates Magna’s capability to carry scale and effectivity to the mobility panorama and represents an necessary growth of the EV platform sharing, automobile engineering and manufacturing cooperation the 2 corporations introduced final October.
Magna and Fisker will work collectively to develop ‘industry-unique’ ADAS options and a set of software program packages powered by a scalable area controller structure.
Along with leveraging cameras and ultrasonic sensors, the ADAS package deal features a distinctive and first-to-market digital imaging radar know-how. Co-developed with Austin, Texas-based know-how startup Uhnder, ICON RADAR is the primary digital imaging single-chip radar answer for the automotive market.
“One in every of our strategic targets is to pursue new enterprise in areas the place Magna’s distinctive strengths may be deployed with a bonus in comparison with our friends,” mentioned Swamy Kotagiri, Magna CEO. “Our collaboration with Fisker is a superb instance – we will present a brand new OEM like Fisker with a versatile and scalable EV platform, full ADAS package deal, joint automobile engineering and manufacturing. By participating early and dealing carefully with such clients, we will present speedy commercialization and achieve synergies together with value effectivity, delivering extra advantages to the {industry} general.”
Fisker and Magna just lately accomplished the definitive platform settlement and preliminary manufacturing settlement, simply two months on from the unique framework agreements. The Fisker Ocean will initially be manufactured solely by Magna in Europe.
The Fisker Ocean SUV will use a modified model of a Magna-developed EV platform to energy Fisker’s FM29 platform.
“The power to combine Fisker-Clever Pilot applied sciences into the Fisker Ocean SUV from launch is mission-critical for the entire program,” mentioned Henrik Fisker, Chairman and CEO, Fisker. “The superb collaboration between the Fisker and Magna engineering groups, already confirmed by passing the primary engineering milestone final November, gave us the boldness to work with Magna on these necessary applied sciences for the Ocean.”
