Stellantis CEO says Wayve partnership could shorten driver-assistance development

At Turin's Wave technology event, Stellantis and Wayve demonstrated hands-free driving in Fiat 500e and Maserati Grecale development vehicles, after an earlier Jeep Grand Cherokee showing. CEO Antonio Filosa, speaking beside Wayve CEO Alex Kendall, said the May partnership to put Wayve's AI driving software into Stellantis' STLA AutoDrive platform could lower costs and compress development cycles that now run about 24 months. The first product is targeted for North America in 2028. The Level 2++ system allows hands-free driving while still requiring driver supervision. Filosa said automotive industrial scale is a complementary asset that will help reduce costs if adoption grows large. Kendall said Stellantis' brand range—Jeep, Fiat, Peugeot and Maserati—lets one AI core be tuned across different vehicles. Wayve also works with Nissan and Mercedes. European regulators are still harmonizing approval rules for assisted-driving systems, and Tesla is pushing Europe to approve its Full Self-Driving technology. No material factual dispute appears in the coverage. Outlets recorded near-matching versions of the same Filosa and Kendall remarks, differing only in slight wording on cost reduction and brand variety.