Future production Porsches will use an advanced sensor suite from Mobileye, the two companies announced on Tuesday. Called “SuperVision,” it uses a mix of cameras and radar sensors and will enable a range of advanced driver-assistance systems (better known as ADAS) in coming models, including functions like hands-free traffic jam assists.
You may be familiar with Mobileye from its relationship with Tesla; the electric vehicle maker was one of its many customers for vision-based ADAS systems, which Tesla then started tweaking to turn into Autopilot. That relationship ended in a high-profile spat in 2016, with the Israeli technology company accusing Tesla of being cavalier with safety—a reasonable accusation in light of the many open federal safety investigations into Tesla’s driver assists.
The following year, Mobileye was bought by Intel and has continued to be the largest player in the ADAS market.
Despite the name, SuperVision isn’t just camera-based, although it includes 11 cameras in addition to both parking and long-range radar. SuperVision also includes a driver-monitoring system and Mobileye’s latest EyeQ 6 system-on-a-chip to make sense of all that input.
Features it will provide to help supervise the driving experience include automated parking, navigation following, and even evasive maneuvers in an emergency.
“In most situations, drivers will continue to want to drive a Porsche themselves in the future—and will be able to do so at any time,” said Michael Steiner, a board member for research and development at Porsche and head of development at the Volkswagen Group. “This said, there are certain aspects of partially automated driving that we are interested in. Intelligent systems like Mobileye SuperVision technology can aid the driver in everyday situations, for example by not having to keep their hands on the wheel the entire time in traffic jams.”
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