Qnovo, a provider of battery software for e-mobility, made a big announcement at the recent Battery Show North America. The company will form a strategic partnership with Sonatus, an AI and software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions supplier. This collaboration aims to transform how automotive OEMs deploy advanced battery safety technology, reducing traditional integration timeframes to mere days while enabling flexible deployment anywhere in the vehicle or cloud.
As the automotive industry transitions to software-defined vehicles, intelligent management of the battery becomes essential for seamless operation.
The partnership intends to integrate Qnovo’s Health & Safety Diagnostics (HSD) with Sonatus AI Director, creating a solution that delivers 98.7% accurate battery fault prediction with dramatically faster time-to-market.
“Software-defined electric vehicles depend on intelligent management of their most critical component — the battery,” said Nadim Maluf, CEO of Qnovo. “Through our partnership with Sonatus, we’re removing the barriers that have prevented OEMs from rapidly deploying advanced battery intelligence directly in their vehicles. This collaboration enables the seamless integration that software-defined vehicles require, while delivering the predictive safety and performance capabilities that define the future of electric mobility.”
AI-enabled battery intelligence
As the automotive industry transitions to software-defined vehicles, intelligent management of the battery becomes essential for seamless operation. Deploying AI solutions like Qnovo’s as part of edge and cloud will make these SDVs more advanced and customizable, namely in the age of autonomous e-mobility.
As AI enabled vehicles adapt dynamically to changing conditions and driver needs, Qnovo’s HSD with enhanced AI models serve as a foundational element. It accelerates vehicle software architectures to make informed decisions about battery safety and provides a customizable driving experience.
Qnovo’s Health & Safety Diagnostics represents more than a decade of battery intelligence innovation. The technology is in production with several global OEMS across millions of kilometers of real-world driving and over 200 million device deployments worldwide with zero safety incidents. It monitors 12 distinct health indicators to detect lithium plating, manufacturing defects, and thermal risks weeks before traditional systems can identify problems.
The integration with Sonatus AI Director enables Qnovo’s HSD with enhanced AI models leverage rich contextual data including environmental conditions, and operational parameters that enhance diagnostic accuracy beyond traditional systems. This approach enables personalized battery management adapted to specific drivers and conditions, predictive maintenance with weeks of advance warning, reduced false positives and targeted recall mitigation, and over-the-air updates for continuous improvement.
As battery safety becomes increasingly critical, with estimated industry losses of $35+ billion annually by 2030 at current battery defect rates, this collaboration provides automotive manufacturers with immediate access to production-ready battery safety solutions.
For OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers, the partnership delivers dramatically faster deployment of advanced battery safety technology, reduced engineering costs through software-only implementation, enhanced competitive positioning via faster innovation cycles, and software-defined vehicle enablement through intelligent battery management.
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