Samsung Electronics has demonstrated serious ambitions in the automotive electronics market, buying Harman International Industries for $ 8 billion last year. This producer receives 65% of the proceeds from the sale of multimedia systems for cars and telematics solutions. The products of Harman's trademarks are used by 30 million cars that travel along the roads of the planet.
As reported yesterday by Reuters , Samsung Electronics received permission from the Korean authorities to test a prototype car with an autopilot system on public roads. The car itself is borrowed from one of the South Korean manufacturers, and Samsung Electronics equips it with cameras, sensors, other equipment and software for the automatic control system. Samsung is going to develop algorithms for automatic control of the vehicle in various weather conditions, and also run its own specialized components on the prototype.
Samsung Electronics does not intend to produce cars on its own, although the joint venture Renault Samsung Motors has been offering re-manufactured models of the French manufacturer for two decades on the local market. It's about Samsung Electronics - the company that develops electronic components. With whom exactly Samsung will cooperate in the field of creating "autopilot", it is not specified, but some sources attribute the Korean giant the desire to offer components to the manufacturer of electric vehicles Tesla . While this place is occupied by NVIDIA.