Volvo Cars to embrace Nvidia chips and megacastings for future EVs

By going with Nvidia’s innovative technology and integrating the megacasting techniques, Volvo Cars has officially set sail for the new EV battlefield. Volvo Cars, the Swedish carmaker, unveiled on Thursday that all its future models will have a single software system based on Nvidia processors, critical upgrades of which will be from the all-new EX90 electric SUV.

The EX90, which Volvo plans to start delivering in the coming month, will be the first model to come with this new ‘technology stack.’ The car will have Nvidia’s DRIVE Orin system-on-a-chip, which has over 250 trillion operations per second (TOPS) capability. Volvo aims to have access to a chip with a 1,000-trillion-TOPS by the end of this decade. It will improve the safety features of the car and allow updates to be made constantly through the cloud and this is according to the CEO and CTO of the company Anders Bell.

Although most car manufacturers are scouting for ways through which they compete through software-defined EVs and subscription services, Bell was quick to point out that Volvo’s business model would not hinge on the sale of such services. However, as he said, “It is not about selling subscriptions but to make the car better and have a more sticky product.”

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Other software measures include megacasting, a unique system that uses an elaborate process of casting bigger structures in units instead of one piece using larger press casts to produce single aluminium body pieces required for an understructure of a vehicle. This approach is used in an effort to eliminate a number of parts that normally require welding onto a single part. Tesla has standardised the gigafactory business model, and now, automakers like General Motors and Nissan are also exploring it. By implementing megacasting, Volvo aims at boosting its utilisation of recycled aluminum and cutting emissions across the supply chain, in line with multi-faceted sustainability targets.

Volvo has long been at the forefront of developing technologies and conserving environment, and this strategic move reiterates it as the company prepares for the future of automobiles.