At the risk of being accused of having a one-track mind, I'm going to bring up Cerence again.
I was browsing through a press release from the 9th August 21 and it says that Cerence "today announced a new quarterly record: the start-of-production (SOP) of its industry-leading automotive technologies in 61 new car models from 16 global automakers in its Q3 2021".
It goes on to state "This milestone signals ongoing adoption of Cerence’s
conversational AI solutions for mobility and a new wave of
integrated in-car assistant experiences that will soon be available to consumers. The achievement spans 32 brands from many of the most recognizable names in the global automotive industry, including BMW, Ford, GM, Jaguar Land Rover, Daimler, Honda, Renault, Stellantis, Toyota, and Volkswagen Group as well as leading Chinese OEMs BJEV, Chery, Geely, Great Wall Motors, Human Horizons, and SAIC."
Now we know that Cerence knows that it's BrainChip's Akida that enables 5 to10 times better performance and efficiency than conventional voice control systems. How do we know this? Because Mercedes have unequivocally stated this much in regards to the operation of its MBUX infotainment system. So what I am going to suggest is that it would be extremely unlikely and in my opinion completely unheard of if Cerence wouldn't continue to float out this winning formula/collaboration for other brands for their future EV models, rather than risk losing customers by offering an alternative, outdated, inefficient voice control system?
The second point I was going to make is about time-frames by which we can expect to see Akida hit the EV market in a really big way and that comes from an extract I found in an article by Kirsten Korosec dated 11 Janaury 22 in which she says "And then there is Mercedes-Benz and its
EQXX concept. This isn’t meant to be your typical we’ll-never-see-this-again concept car.The EQXX is meant to showcase what the automaker’s electric future will look like and includes a ton of tech and features, which Markus Schäfer, a board member of Daimler AG and CTO of Mercedes-Benz AG, told me will show up in vehicles beginning in 2024".
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BURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC), AI for a world in motion, today announced a new quarterly record: the start-of-production (SOP) of its industry-leading automotive technologies in 61 new car models from 16 global automakers in its Q3 2021. This...
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