Amazon Web Services has been chosen by Lotus Technology as its preferred cloud provider to help support Lotus’s development of connected and automated vehicles. The car maker will use AWS to implement its Vision80 Strategy – a plan to transform the company into a global luxury technology brand by 2028.
Lotus will apply AWS technologies, including Internet of Things (IoT), analytics, machine learning and generative artificial intelligence (AI), to develop and deliver connected features such as autonomous driving solutions, immersive infotainment and hyper-fast vehicle charging.
Lotus runs its ROBO Soul self-driving software stack on AWS, enabling cars and trucks – including Lotus EVs – to automatically perform tasks such as parking and highway driving. Using AWS, Lotus also developed ROBO Galaxy, a platform of intelligent driving tools, to help fleet managers increase the efficiency and accessibility of autonomous vehicles.
Lotus leverages Amazon Redshift and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) to create its intelligent driving tools and uses Amazon Glue for data integration. AWS helps Lotus analyze crucial information such as real-time maps, traffic conditions and driver behavior to enhance its driving system’s efficiency.
Lotus’s connected vehicle platform also runs on AWS and provides Lotus customers with remote vehicle control, real-time status monitoring, geofencing and stolen vehicle tracking. Lotus Connect uses Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to quickly deploy, manage and scale containerized applications.
Additionally, using Amazon Aurora, Lotus achieves application latency of less than 2.2 seconds for its Lotus Digital Key, a next-generation car key that can be accessed from drivers’ Apple Wallets.
Lastly, Lotus incorporates AWS analytics to gain business insights, analyze car buying and make tailored purchasing recommendations. Using Amazon CloudFront, AWS’s content delivery network, Lotus offers real-time 3D vehicle rendering for personalized customization and an immersive car buying experience.
“AWS’s technologies help us accelerate our global growth by allowing Lotus to build solutions for intelligent driving, connected cars and personalized experiences,” said Bo Li, vice president of Lotus Technology.
“The automotive industry is experiencing a seismic shift to digitization and electrification, and the cloud is helping drive this rapid development,” said Ozgur Tohumcu, general manager, automotive and manufacturing, AWS.