PR98956

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Nexteer Automotive(https://www.nexteer.com/) has been recognized as a CES® 2023

Innovation Awards Honoree(https://www.ces.tech/Innovation-Awards/Honorees.aspx)

in the "Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility" product category for its Road Surface

Detection & Early Intuitive Warning Software with Tactile Mobility.

This software solution advances lifesaving steering safety by enhancing a

vehicle's "awareness" of its environment and early warning communication to the

driver through steering feel.

"Nexteer is honored to be recognized as a CES 2023 Innovation Award Honoree in

the Vehicle Tech & Advanced Mobility category," said Robin Milavec, President,

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Executive

Board Director, Nexteer Automotive. "Our innovative Road Surface Detection &

Early Intuitive Warning Software solution with Tactile Mobility shows how

industry collaboration can lead to game-changing solutions that improve safety

and performance for future mobility."

About Road Surface Detection & Early Intuitive Warning Software

Nexteer and Tactile Mobility's Road Surface Detection & Early Intuitive Warning

Software(https://www.nexteer.com/software-2/road-surface-detection/) leverages

traditional steering feel into a new arena, enabling the vehicle itself to

"feel" the road by converting road surface information into data that the

vehicle collects, interprets and assigns to road condition scenarios – all in

real time.

The software fuses two algorithms: A steering-based analytical algorithm and a

data-driven, machine learned algorithm. The resulting "virtual sensor" data is

transmitted to a cloud service that communicates upcoming danger to trailing

vehicles. When the vehicle is notified of an upcoming slippery surface,

software will mimic the steering feel of a slippery surface before reaching the

actual slippery road. Giving a heads-up through steering feel influences the

driver to intuitively reduce vehicle speed and drive safer.

About the CES 2023 Innovation Awards Program

The CES Innovation Awards program, owned and produced by the Consumer

Technology Association (CTA)®, is an annual competition honoring outstanding

design and engineering in 28 consumer technology product categories. Those with

the highest rating receive the "Best of Innovation" distinction. An elite panel

of industry expert judges, including members of the media, designers, engineers

and more, reviewed submissions based on innovation, engineering and

functionality, aesthetic and design. This year's CES Innovation Awards program

received a record high number of over 2100 submissions.

For complete details of the CES Innovation Awards program and how to attend,

visit www.ces.tech.

About Nexteer

Nexteer Automotive (HK 1316) is a global leading motion control technology

company accelerating mobility to be safe, green and exciting. Our innovative

product and technology portfolio includes electric and hydraulic power steering

systems, steer-by-wire systems, steering columns and intermediate shafts,

driveline systems, eDrive and software solutions. The company solves motion

control challenges across all megatrends – including electrification,

software/connectivity, ADAS/automated driving and shared mobility – for more

than 60 customers around the world including BMW, Ford, GM, RNM, Stellantis,

Toyota and VW, as well as automakers in India and China. www.nexteer.com

Link to Nexteer Media Center(https://www.nexteer.com/media-center/)

SOURCE:  Nexteer