Aptiv, the Irish American automotive supplier, has officially opened its new Software, Advanced Safety and User Experience (AS&UX) Technical Centre in Chennai. The 34,000 sq. ft. facility is designed to accommodate up to 500 engineers by 2026 and will focus on software defined vehicles, advanced safety, and user experience technologies.
This is Aptiv’s fourth technical centre in India and is equipped with advanced laboratories and testing infrastructure dedicated to AI and ML powered advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and in cabin perception technologies.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by senior leaders from Aptiv and Mahindra and Mahindra, including Javed Khan, Executive Vice President and President of AS&UX at Aptiv, and R Velusamy, President of Automotive Business (Designate) at Mahindra.
Speaking about the development, Javed Khan said, “We are proud to expand our presence in India with the launch of our new technical centre in Chennai. This centre will strengthen our ability to localise AI/ML powered ADAS and advanced interior sensing technologies for the Indian market, reflecting our confidence in India’s engineering talent and bringing us closer to our customers – so together, we can build a safer, smarter future here in India.”
The Chennai centre will play a vital role in building advanced ADAS perception tools, in cabin sensing systems, and software defined infotainment platforms. It will also support Aptiv’s cloud native architecture, which combines hardware, software, and edge technologies from Wind River.
Aptiv already employs more than 13,000 people across eight manufacturing plants, four technical centres, and a tooling centre in India. The new centre further underlines the company’s commitment to strengthening India’s automotive ecosystem and advancing its mission of enabling intelligent, software defined systems for the global automotive industry.
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