Valeo Upgrades Smart Safety 360 to Bring Highway Navigation on Autopilot to Mass Market
Valeo’s upgraded Smart Safety 360 system now includes Highway Navigation on Autopilot, making Level 2 autonomous highway driving accessible to entry-level vehicles.
- 2026
- 2025
- 20.9 billion
What Happened
Valeo announced a major expansion of its Smart Safety 360 (VSS360) system at Auto China 2026. The system now supports Highway Navigation on Autopilot (NOA), a feature that allows vehicles to follow a navigation route autonomously on highways under driver supervision. VSS360 uses a smart front camera as central compute, reducing the need for separate electronic control units.
VSS360 enters series production in China for a major OEM
Valeo announces upgrade adding Highway Navigation on Autopilot
- Single Lane Driving: steady-state cruising, vehicle following, and stop identification
- Ramp In/Out: smooth merging and diverging
- Lane Change: automated lane changes with safe gap assessment
- Intelligent Speed Control: dynamic optimal speed calculation
- Smart Avoidance: safe navigation around traffic cones in construction zones
“Valeo is the world leader in ADAS systems and our teams are committed to developing the best technologies and to making them affordable to all. 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.”
Why this matters
This upgrade brings advanced automated driving features from premium cars to affordable models, potentially improving safety and comfort for more drivers while helping OEMs meet new regulations without raising costs.
Terms in This Story
- NOA
- Navigation on Autopilot; a system that autonomously follows a navigation route on highways under driver supervision.
- ADAS
- Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems; technologies that assist drivers with tasks like braking, steering, and lane keeping.
- Level 2 autonomy
- A partial automation level where the vehicle can control both steering and acceleration/deceleration, but the driver must remain engaged.
- ECU
- Electronic Control Unit; a dedicated computer module that controls one or more electrical systems in a vehicle.
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