Stellantis and Wayve said they have entered a strategic technology partnership to integrate Wayve’s AI Driver automated driving system into Stellantis’ STLA AutoDrive platform.
The companies said the collaboration is intended to support hands-free, supervised Level 2++ automated driving capabilities in both urban and highway environments.
The agreement expands on Stellantis’ earlier strategic investment in Wayve and combines Wayve’s end-to-end artificial intelligence driving technology with Stellantis’ software platform, engineering operations and manufacturing capabilities.
According to the companies, the first vehicle integration using the technology is planned for North America in 2028.
The partnership’s initial focus will be on supervised hands-free, door-to-door automated driving, with the STLA AutoDrive platform designed to support future expansion toward higher levels of vehicle automation as regulations and market demand evolve.
“At Stellantis, we focus on technology that fundamentally transforms how our customers interact with their vehicles,” said Ned Curic, chief engineering and technology officer at Stellantis.
“Combining our STLA AutoDrive platform with Wayve’s groundbreaking AI-first approach creates a genuinely intuitive and enjoyable hands-free driving experience,” Curic said. “This collaboration is a testament to how the right partnerships allow us to scale advanced technology globally while anchoring customer safety and experience at the center.”
Alex Kendall, co-founder and chief executive of Wayve, said the companies had already demonstrated rapid integration of the technology into Stellantis vehicle platforms.
“Our teams have already demonstrated how quickly the Wayve AI Driver can be integrated across Stellantis’ vehicle platforms, bringing up a prototype in less than 2 months,” Kendall said.
“By combining Wayve’s AI with Stellantis’ engineering expertise, scale, and global reach, we’re accelerating our mission to bring autonomy to any vehicle, anywhere,” he added.
Stellantis said the STLA AutoDrive platform is designed as a scalable architecture capable of supporting advanced driver-assistance systems across its global brand portfolio.
Wayve’s AI system is designed to generalize across different regions and vehicle types while continuously improving through real-world driving data, the companies said.
The companies added that early development work on Stellantis vehicles is already underway and has demonstrated what they described as promising integration performance.