Aptiv (NYSE: APTV) has expanded its collaboration with NVIDIA to supply scalable automated-driving solutions built on NVIDIA Hyperion and Halos, with production-ready systems that automakers can integrate into next-generation vehicles using modular hardware and software. Aptiv highlights thermal management and system modularity as core features meant to support a wide range of vehicle platforms, and plans to showcase Hyperion-based systems at CES 2027. The article notes that the auto-focused business faces risks, including customer insourcing and program timing delays, that could slow the shift toward higher-value software and compute. Aptiv, a US-based auto components supplier with a market cap of US$9.2 billion, supplies the hardware and software that help automakers add advanced electronics and computing power to vehicles.
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