---
title: "Delphi Joins With BMW, Intel, and Mobileye on Self-Driving Cars"
description: "The self-driving car team of BMW, Intel, and Mobileye scores a new member."
date: "2017-05-16"
modified: "2017-05-16"
authors:
  - name: "Stephen Edelstein"
    job_title: "Weekend Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/stephen-edelstein"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/10299/delphi-joins-with-bmw-intel-and-mobileye-on-self-driving-cars"
categories:
  - "BMW News"
  - "Car Tech"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Self-Driving Tech"
tags:
  - "Autonomous Cars"
  - "BMW"
  - "delphi"
  - "Intel"
  - "Mobileye"
  - "self-driving cars"
  - "Tech"
---

# Delphi Joins With BMW, Intel, and Mobileye on Self-Driving Cars

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Partnerships are proving key to the development of self-driving cars, and one of the most formidable autonomous-car teams just got a new member. Delphi, a major automotive supplier, will join BMW, Intel, and Mobileye in their combined self-driving car efforts. The company will primarily focus on integrating various components from the other partners into a workable system, and may also provide "software and hardware components such as sensors as part of certain customization efforts," a Delphi press release said.

Delphi already has plenty of experience with self-driving cars. In 2015, it sent an autonomous Audi SQ5 on a cross-country road trip between San Francisco and New York. The company runs a small [autonomous taxi service in Singapore](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/4661/drive-wire-for-august-1st-2016-delphi-to-test-self-driving-taxis-in-singapore>), and hopes to [bring a similar service to the United States](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/10258/delphis-self-driving-taxis-may-begin-u-s-operations-this-summer>) before the end of this year, chief technical officer Glen De Vos recently said.

BMW, Intel, and Mobileye announced their autonomous car team-up in July 2016, and confirmed [plans to begin testing prototype cars on public roads](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/6799/bmw-mobileye-and-intels-self-driving-car-prototypes-to-hit-public-roads-in-2017>) at CES in January. The companies plan to deploy 40 autonomous BMW vehicles by the second half of this year. Intel opened a new "Autonomous Driving Garage" in San Jose earlier this month that will house BMW test vehicles.

The goal of the test program is to launch a production with at least some autonomous-driving capabilities by 2021. That car will likely be the iNext sedan, BMW's next-generation tech flagship. The iNext is expected to be equivalent to the 5 or 7 Series in size and prestige, but will feature a green powertrain and other technology borrowed from BMW's "i" division, plus the aforementioned self-driving capabilities.

When it comes to self-driving cars, most companies don't want to go it alone. [Waymo just announced a partnership with Lyft](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/10255/lyft-waymo-agree-to-join-forces-on-self-driving-cars>), and is already partnered with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, which supplies the former Google self-driving car project's [current fleet of test vehicles](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9670/waymo-launches-largest-fleet-of-autonomous-testers-yet>). In addition to BMW, [Nissan](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9680/nissan-mobileye-team-up-on-maps-for-self-driving-cars>) and [Volkswagen](<https://www.thedrive.com/tech/7696/volkswagen-joins-mobileyes-efforts-to-crowdsource-mapping-data>) are also teamed with Mobileye, as part of an effort to provide mapping data for self-driving cars.

## Author
Stephen has always been passionate about cars, and managed to turn that passion into a career as a freelance automotive journalist. When he's not handling weekend coverage for The Drive, you can find him looking for a new book to read.

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