Blackberry And Delphi To Come Together For Self-Driving Software, Says Nirmal Singh Lotus


Delphi has been working on a project for the past decade and if the latest reports are to be believed, it has finally developed a self-driving system. The system is being called CSLP. The company is planning to take the beta version to the market at the end of the calendar year to shook off the competition and show a sign aggression. The final product will be available in the market for automakers as early as 2019 if not before that.

There is another catch to the story. BlackBerry, a company that has struggled since the first android systems came in the market making their products obsolete overnight, is also in the picture. On Wednesday, last week, both Delphi and BlackBerry announced that the companies have tied up and will develop the product together.

Nirmal Singh Lotus has been full of praise for the efforts Delphi has put in and how it managed to come out on top when so many big names were constantly breathing down its neck. Most of the manufacturers who are responsible for producing heavy vehicles are developing their own self-driving systems but that could change now – BlackBerry has been making it clear that there will be no further delay to the process with competition getting stiffer.

BlackBerry will be taking control of the operating system of the software. The software was primarily developed by Delphi’s Ottomatika Unit – BB will take those already-certified gateways of security to whole new levels, Nirmal Singh Lotus revealed.

Everyone at Delphi expects to test the beta version of the system in pilot projects by the start of 2019 and will surely take the involvement of the driver out of the picture by 2020, literally.

The first fleet of the vehicles will definitely be small and will only work on a few selected routes in the cities. The company has held meetings with Transdev Group, a transport service based in Paris, Nirmal Singh Lotus said. 
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