By Vinny Perozzi
BlackBerry and electric vehicle company Arrival Ltd. announces that Arrival’s intelligent, autonomous-ready commercial vehicles will be powered by BlackBerry QNX technology.
As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its BlackBerry QNX technology to Arrival, including its industry-leading QNX SDP 7.0 real-time operating system to serve as the safe and secure foundation for the ADAS features within the company’s autonomous-ready commercial vehicle platform.Prototypes of the first full version of the electric delivery vans powered by BlackBerry are set to hit the roads in early 2020.
QNX SDP 7.0 provides high performance and enhanced kernel-level security through an array of features, including microkernel architecture, file encryption, adaptive time partitioning, a high availability framework, anomaly detection, and multi-level policy-based access control. Featuring the next-generation QNX Neutrino® Realtime OS and QNX Momentics® Tool Suite, this reliable platform helps guard against system malfunctions, malware, and cyber-attacks by implementing a multi-level, policy-driven security model that incorporates best-in-class security technology from BlackBerry. The OS also offers a safety pedigree proven by certification to ISO 26262 ASIL D for automobiles.
