YOKOHAMA, Japan – April 10, 2025 — Nissan has announced it will launch its next-generation ProPILOT autonomous driving system in fiscal year 2027, setting a new standard for autonomous vehicles. The new system will include Nissan’s Ground Truth Perception technology, next-generation Lidar, and Wayve’s AI Driver software, offering improved collision avoidance and human-like driving intelligence.
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Next-Gen ProPILOT Advanced AI Faces Real-World Driving
At the heart of the next-gen ProPILOT system is Wayve’s AI Driver, a software created on embodied AI foundation models that can drive in real-world urban and highway environments. Modeled to mimic human driving behavior, Wayve’s technology uses generative AI to learn rapidly from real-world experience, giving Nissan’s next-gen models a competitive edge in adaptive and safe autonomous driving.
Key Features of Nissan’s Next-Gen ProPILOT
- Ground Truth Perception: Combines Lidar, radar, and camera for correct environmental perception
- Wayve AI Driver Software: Enables ongoing learning and real-time decision-making
- Human-Like Driving: Designed to handle surprise situations in a safe manner
- Next-Gen Lidar Integration: Boosts object detection and tracking during dense traffic
About Wayve
Wayve is a global leader in AI autonomous driving, developing embodied AI technology that learns from enormous quantities of real-world driving experience. Its foundation model enables scalable deployment of self-driving capability on a wide range of vehicle platforms and road types.
With the integration of Wayve’s adaptable AI in its forthcoming vehicles, the automaker aims to accelerate the deployment of highly autonomous driving solutions across the globe.
