Less than two weeks after Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to increase its partnership with Mobileye, the two companies dropped a shocker when they announced that they would end their collaboration on advancing features tied into the electric car maker’s Autopilot system. The announcement was made by the Israel-based technology firm earlier this week, ending a successful partnership that allowed both companies to benefit from each other.
Neither Tesla nor Mobileye commented on who cut the cord on the partnership, although it is understood that Mobileye will continue to provide tech support in items related to its EyeQ3 processor, which Tesla uses on its Autopilot system. But moving forward, Mobileye will no longer be involved in the development of Tesla’s Autopilot system.
It’s unclear why this marriage ended so abruptly, but there are a number of possibilities. For one, Mobileye landed a separate deal with BMW earlier this month to provide the German automaker with new solutions to aid in its own development of autonomous driving technology. That partnership is reportedly centered on the collision detection specialist’s new EyeQ5 processor, which BMW is keen on putting into its models. BMW also signed a partnership with Intel to get access to the tech firm’s central processor units.
There has been no indication on Tesla’s part on how it plans to proceed with the development of its Autopilot system now that Mobileye won’t be a part of it. Musk did reiterate in his latest Tesla manifesto that the company was on the verge of making some advancements to the Autopilot system with an eye towards improving its functionality through radar and camera advancements. How Tesla plans to do that without Mobileye in the fold is going to the interesting development we’ll all be waiting for.
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