LG Electronics (LG) is partnering with HERE Technologies (HERE), a provider of digital mapping and location services, to offer LG’s advanced telematics technology combined with high-precision map data and location services powered by the HERE Open Location Platform. Through their planned collaboration, the companies aim to support automakers globally with a robust and secure data communications hub for highly automated and fully autonomous cars.
LG’s telematics solutions support various communication technologies from GPS to Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and mobile communication. LG engineers are working earnestly to develop 5G products, which will be four to five times faster than LTE with 90 percent reduction in latency, ideal for next generation autonomous vehicle operation.“With partners like HERE, LG can continue to advance the next generation of connected car technologies to help prepare automakers for the self-driving era,” said Kim Jin-yong, Executive Vice President of LG’s Vehicle Components Smart Business Unit.
HERE is also working with automakers on the development of HD Live Map, its highly-accurate cloud-based map service which supports connected ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) and automated driving solutions. HD Live Map, which LG intends to deploy in the joint solution it offers automakers, identifies all roads and surrounding features such as lane markings, stop signs, crosswalks, speed signs and traffic lights.
The Vice President of HERE Technologies APAC, Moon Lee said, “We believe our Open Location Platform-powered services can play a critical role in next-generation telematics technology for autonomous vehicles, and we’re excited to be working with LG to make this a reality.”
