Valeo upgrades Smart Safety 360 to bring Highway Autopilot to mass market
October 2025
What Happened
At Auto China 2026, Valeo announced a major functional expansion of its Valeo Smart Safety 360 (VSS360) system. The upgraded system now supports Highway Navigation on Autopilot (NOA), bringing high-end automated driving capabilities to the mass market. The solution has been in series production in China since October 2025 for a major OEM.
“By adding Highway Navigation on Autopilot to our solution, we are delivering a high-value, mass-market solution to contribute to safer roads and more comfortable driving for everyone.”
- Simply maintains speed
- Automatically changes lanes, navigates interchanges, adjusts speed based on map data and traffic flow
October 2025
Series production started in China for a major OEM.
- Single Lane Driving: steady-state cruising, vehicle following, complete stop
- Ramp In/Out: smooth merging and diverging trajectories
- Lane Change: automated maneuvers after assessing safe gaps
- Intelligent Speed Control: optimal speed from legal limits, curves, navigation
- Smart Avoidance: navigate around or stop for traffic cones in construction zones
Why this matters
This upgrade makes advanced driver assistance features more affordable, potentially improving road safety and making highway driving easier for everyday car buyers.
Terms in This Story
- ADAS
- Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems, technologies that help drivers with tasks like parking, lane keeping, and collision avoidance.
- Level 2 autonomy
- Partial automation where the vehicle controls both steering and acceleration/deceleration but the driver must monitor the road.
- ECU
- Electronic Control Unit, a computer that controls a specific function in a vehicle.
- NOA
- Navigation on Autopilot, a feature that allows a vehicle to follow a route on highways with automated lane changes and speed adjustments.
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