Lotus Chooses AWS as Its Preferred Cloud Provider to Advance Connected and Automated Vehicles
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Leading intelligent and luxury mobility provider uses AWS to power its intelligent driving platform, innovate new connected vehicle services, and expand globally
LAS VEGAS, December 02, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company (NASDAQ: AMZN), today announced that Lotus Technology ("Lotus", NASDAQ:LOT), a leading global intelligent and luxury mobility provider, has chosen AWS as its preferred cloud provider to help support its development of intelligent, luxury car experiences. The automaker will use AWS to implement its Vision80 Strategy, a plan to transform the company into a global luxury technology brand by 2028.
With more than 70 years of racing heritage and automotive leadership, Lotus offers market-leading standards in performance, design and engineering. Lotus is dedicated to delivering luxury electric vehicles, with a focus on developing next-generation electric and digital technologies. 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.
Advancing autonomous and connected capabilities for vehicles
Lotus runs its ROBO Soul self-driving software stack on AWS, enabling cars and trucks, including Lotus next-generation electric vehicles, 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 in international markets. Lotus leverages Amazon Redshift and Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) to create their intelligent driving tools and uses Amazon Glue for data integration. AWS enables Lotus to analyze crucial information—such as real-time maps, traffic conditions, and driver behavior—to help enhance their intelligent driving system’s capabilities and help support a safer driving experience. For example, Lotus’ driving system uses technologies, including AWS, to automatically brake if an object is too close to the front of the vehicle.
Lotus Connect, Lotus’s connected-vehicle platform, runs on AWS and provides Lotus customers with remote vehicle control, real-time status monitoring, geofencing, and stolen-vehicle tracking to enable smarter, safer, and more convenient driving experiences. For example, the system provides ongoing monitoring that proactively sends driver notifications, automatically detects maintenance issues, and summons roadside assistance for on-demand help. Lotus Connect uses Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to quickly deploy, manage, and scale containerized application. The connected vehicle platform’s autonomous driving module processes sensory input to understand the driving environment and help drivers make decisions, reducing deployment time from six months to two weeks. Additionally, using Amazon Aurora, a high-performance relational database service with more than 99.99% availability, 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. Drivers can share their digital key with family and friends, as well as lock, unlock, and start their vehicle from their iPhone or Apple Watch without an internet connection or physical key.