Bosch says it is working with partners Microsoft and NVIDIA to significantly advance AI in vehicles.
The company claims its new “AI Augmentation Platform” will quickly and easily extend current cockpit systems with AI capabilities and will be demonstrated at CES in Las Vegas next month.
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Bosch's AI-powered cockpit features include an AI voice assistant that anticipates your needs, comprehensive situational understanding inside the vehicle, precise navigation, and a wide range of entertainment options. For example, a simple statement like “I feel cold” can trigger multiple coordinated actions, such as adjusting the temperature inside the car and turning on the seat heaters at the same time.
“With Bosch's new AI-powered cockpit, both drivers and car manufacturers will be able to take full advantage of the capabilities of the latest automotive software. Thanks to the AI-enhanced platform, we will be able to implement new functions in vehicles even faster in the future,” said Marcus Hein, Member of the Management Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and Chairman of Bosch Mobility.
According to Bosch, an important application is turning unproductive downtime in the car into productive work time. Bosch says it is working with Microsoft to turn cars into mobile offices without compromising driver safety. The solution “provides seamless access to the Microsoft 365 productivity suite” by integrating special features of Microsoft Foundry and Cockpit. Additionally, Bosch claims that Microsoft 365 applications can be intelligently connected with other vehicle domains to prioritize safety and minimize distractions. For example, drivers can use intuitive voice commands to join a Microsoft Teams call, which instructs the system to proactively activate adaptive cruise control.
Bosch says its new “AI-enhanced platform” allows it to quickly and easily retrofit today’s vehicles without changing existing hardware or system architecture. At the core of this platform is the powerful NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin system-on-chip (SoC), which forms the foundation for complex AI applications in the cockpit. Built on the NVIDIA CUDA platform, it enables automakers to integrate their own AI models and agents. Offering 150 to 200 Tera Operations/Second (TOPS) of additional computing power, this compact unit connects through a simple power and Ethernet interface and is supported by flexible active air or liquid cooling options.
To accelerate the development and deployment of complex AI capabilities, Bosch also leverages NVIDIA's software suite, including the NVIDIA NeMo Framework for managing the end-to-end AI lifecycle. This enables seamless integration of advanced in-vehicle applications such as real-time sensor processing and vision language models (VLM). In addition, core inference and speech capabilities powered by NVIDIA Nemotron models enable contextual understanding, multi-step inference, and natural conversational user interactions. Additionally, Bosch uses Microsoft Foundry to design and manage in-vehicle AI, ensuring a scalable and always-up-to-date AI assistant experience in the cockpit.
Bosch will demonstrate its AI-powered cockpit and AI-enhanced platform for the first time at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January.
