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Stellantis Honours Startups Driving Customer Experience Innovation In 2024 Venture Awards
Stellantis N.V. recently celebrated innovation by honouring seven top-performing technology startups with the third annual Stellantis Venture Awards. These awards underscore Stellantis' dedication to delivering customer-centric technology, aligning with their Dare Forward 2030 vision for clean, safe, and affordable mobility.
This year's honorees were chosen based on their impact on customer experience, technological novelty, and scalability within Stellantis. The 2024 Stellantis Venture Awards recognised several startups, including CARE:Glanceable from France, which offers an AI-powered solution for centralising and analysing consumer feedback through an intuitive interface.
Niron Magnetics from the United States was also honoured for advancing the manufacturing process of permanent magnets using iron nitride, free of rare earth materials. This innovation supports the design of new electric motors and generators using environmentally friendly materials.
Epitone from the United States received recognition for its LiveWindow system, an automotive augmented reality innovation that projects navigation and other crucial information onto the windshield. This technology integrates with various levels of autonomous driving to enhance safety.
Voltbras from Brazil provides companies with white-label electric-vehicle charging management software. Their solution helps monitor and manage electric-vehicle chargers efficiently.
Enhancing Efficiency and Productivity
Ample from the United States offers a modular-designed battery-swapping system that can be integrated into electric vehicles without reengineering the vehicle platform. This modular solution delivers energy to multiple vehicle platforms using a low-cost and fast-to-deploy swapping infrastructure.
Wheel.me from Norway specialises in autonomous wheels, transforming existing infrastructure into self-driving robots to enhance business efficiency and productivity in automation journeys.
Understanding Customer Reactions
Emotiva from Italy uses AI-powered technology to analyse human attention and emotions, enhancing advertising effectiveness by deciphering customer reactions.
Stellantis also congratulated 22 other finalists for their innovative projects, including 4Screen, Bioxegy, Chunjian, Comet ML, Deep ESG, Deep legal analytics, DeepHawk, Fleeti, Forge 3D, Gaming, Gnani, Hevo, HMRexpert, Hubject, Inbolt, Minviro, Mira, Myelin, Nebula Link, Proovstation, Sowhen and Volix.
Stellantis' Commitment to Innovation
Stellantis collaborates with startups in two primary ways: as a partner and as an investor. As a partner, Stellantis promotes rapid implementation of innovative solutions by signing over 150 partnership contracts with startups in the past three years.
As an investor through Stellantis Ventures capital fund with an initial investment of €300 million focuses on early and later-stage startup companies developing advanced technologies for the automotive sector. Since its inception two years ago, Stellantis Ventures has completed 14 investments including Tiamat in France developing sodium-ion battery technology and Steerlight creating high-performance LiDAR sensing technology.
Ned Curic stated: "We are dedicated to creating technologies that seamlessly integrate into people’s lives. We are truly grateful to the startups that help us deliver technology that delights and enhances our customers’ experiences."
Stellantis aims to provide clean mobility solutions through its unique portfolio of brands like Abarth, Alfa Romeo Chrysler Citroën Dodge DS Automobiles Fiat Jeep Lancia Maserati Opel Peugeot Ram Vauxhall Free2move Leasys. The Dare Forward 2030 plan targets becoming a carbon net zero mobility tech company by 2038 while adding value for all stakeholders.
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