Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA team up further on cars that drive themselves
The two companies say they will expand their partnership on driver assistance now and fully self-driving cars, including robotaxi-style "robolimousines," later.
On October 16, 2026, Mercedes-Benz and NVIDIA said they are expanding their partnership on automated driving. Mercedes-Benz posted the announcement on its company news page. It is short on dates and gives no money figures.
Who does what
Think of it as the car and the brain. Mercedes-Benz brings the car, its safety engineering, and MB.OS, the software that runs its vehicles and gets updates over the air. NVIDIA brings the computers and the AI.
Mercedes-Benz names three NVIDIA pieces. Hyperion is the computer and sensor setup inside the car. Alpamayo is the driving software, which Mercedes-Benz says can reason through situations and handles city driving from point to point, safety features and automated parking. Halos adds a second, parallel safety system as a backup.
What is on the road, and what is a goal
Jörg Burzer, Mercedes-Benz's chief technology officer, says the two companies already built the first Mercedes-Benz assistance system for point-to-point driving in cities "for the western world." That is a driver-assistance system, where a person is still in charge.
The bigger aim is further out. Mercedes-Benz says the technology supports work on future Level 4 cars, which can drive themselves in certain areas without a person taking over. Its example is "robolimousines." The release gives no date for those.
NVIDIA's Ali Kani says the goal is to make self-driving an everyday reality. That is a goal, not a shipped product.
Beyond the car
Mercedes-Benz says it also uses NVIDIA technology to simulate vehicles during design and to plan and run its factories.
Why it matters to you
If you shop for a Mercedes-Benz in the next few years, its driver-assistance features will likely run on NVIDIA's technology. Self-driving Mercedes robotaxis are still a plan.
Source: Mercedes-Benz Group