Valeo Announces Upgrade to Valeo Smart Safety 360, Aiming to Popularize Navigation-on-Autopilot on Highways
At Auto China 2026, Valeo unveiled an upgrade to its VSS360 ADAS platform, adding highway Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA). By optimizing costs through hardware integration, Valeo aims to bring high-end autonomous driving features previously reserved for luxury cars to the mass market.
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Valeo Smart Safety 360 (VSS360) adds Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) for highways, bringing high-end autonomous driving features to the mass market.
Valeo Smart Safety 360 aims to popularize Level 2 autonomous driving by providing a high-performance, cost-optimized, and scalable platform. The system covers a full 360° perimeter and handles the entire driving cycle on highways and urban expressways.
At Auto China 2026, Valeo announced a significant functional expansion of Valeo Smart Safety 360 (VSS360). This is a scalable system that enables the reduction of individual electronic control units (ECUs) by using a smart front camera as the central computing for other ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) sensors. This cost-optimized ADAS solution can be easily integrated into existing vehicle architectures, providing best-in-class driving performance and sensor fusion.
The upgraded Valeo Smart Safety 360 supports Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) on highways, bringing high-end autonomous driving features to the mass market. This solution has been in mass production since October 2025 for major Chinese automakers.
Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo Brain Division, stated: "Valeo is a global leader in ADAS systems, and our team is committed to developing the best technology and making it affordable for everyone. By adding Navigation-on-Autopilot on highways to our solutions, we provide a high-value mass-market solution that contributes to improving road safety and providing a more comfortable drive for all."
### Bringing High-End Safety Features to Entry-Class Vehicles
By integrating Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) for highways into the Valeo Smart Safety 360 solution, Valeo provides high-level driving assistance features where the vehicle can drive autonomously along a navigation route under the driver's supervision.
The system is designed to provide a hands-on driving experience, prioritizing safety, regulatory compliance, and driver comfort. This development leverages a foundation of mature computer vision and a highly flexible system architecture, ensuring reliability and scalability.
While traditional Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) simply maintains speed, NOA-equipped vehicles can automatically perform lane changes to overtake slower vehicles, navigate highway junctions and forks, and adjust speed based on map data and traffic flow.
By combining Valeo Smart Safety 360 with a dedicated parking ECU, this platform accelerates the popularization of Level 2 autonomous driving. By basing it on a simpler architecture, features once exclusive to luxury vehicles can become standard functions available in all market segments.
### Achieving 360° Perimeter Coverage
The NOA-equipped Valeo Smart Safety 360 solution now achieves 360° perimeter coverage through a suite of sensors including front, surround, and rear cameras, front and corner radars, and ultrasonic sensors. This enables navigation on complex highways and urban expressways.
### Handling the Entire Driving Cycle on Highways and Expressways
The NOA system, with its precise perception and robust computing, is translated into five key operational modules designed to handle the entire driving cycle of highways and expressways. First, "Single-lane Driving" controls steady driving, following driving, and complete stops after clearly identifying the final passing point.
The system has also mastered highway entry and exit operations by deriving smooth driving lines during merging and branching. Meanwhile, the lane change function executes autopilot only after confirming surrounding traffic conditions and securing a safe distance, based on a driver's command or a system proposal.
These are complemented by Intelligent Speed Control, which dynamically calculates optimal vehicle speed by balancing legal speed limits, curve adjustments, and navigation destinations. Finally, "Smart Avoidance" allows the vehicle to safely avoid or stop for traffic cones in construction zones.
Valeo Smart Safety 360 aims to popularize Level 2 autonomous driving by providing a high-performance, cost-optimized, and scalable platform. The system covers a full 360° perimeter and handles the entire driving cycle on highways and urban expressways.
At Auto China 2026, Valeo announced a significant functional expansion of Valeo Smart Safety 360 (VSS360). This is a scalable system that enables the reduction of individual electronic control units (ECUs) by using a smart front camera as the central computing for other ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) sensors. This cost-optimized ADAS solution can be easily integrated into existing vehicle architectures, providing best-in-class driving performance and sensor fusion.
The upgraded Valeo Smart Safety 360 supports Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) on highways, bringing high-end autonomous driving features to the mass market. This solution has been in mass production since October 2025 for major Chinese automakers.
Marc Vrecko, CEO of Valeo Brain Division, stated: "Valeo is a global leader in ADAS systems, and our team is committed to developing the best technology and making it affordable for everyone. By adding Navigation-on-Autopilot on highways to our solutions, we provide a high-value mass-market solution that contributes to improving road safety and providing a more comfortable drive for all."
### Bringing High-End Safety Features to Entry-Class Vehicles
By integrating Navigation-on-Autopilot (NOA) for highways into the Valeo Smart Safety 360 solution, Valeo provides high-level driving assistance features where the vehicle can drive autonomously along a navigation route under the driver's supervision.
The system is designed to provide a hands-on driving experience, prioritizing safety, regulatory compliance, and driver comfort. This development leverages a foundation of mature computer vision and a highly flexible system architecture, ensuring reliability and scalability.
While traditional Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) simply maintains speed, NOA-equipped vehicles can automatically perform lane changes to overtake slower vehicles, navigate highway junctions and forks, and adjust speed based on map data and traffic flow.
By combining Valeo Smart Safety 360 with a dedicated parking ECU, this platform accelerates the popularization of Level 2 autonomous driving. By basing it on a simpler architecture, features once exclusive to luxury vehicles can become standard functions available in all market segments.
### Achieving 360° Perimeter Coverage
The NOA-equipped Valeo Smart Safety 360 solution now achieves 360° perimeter coverage through a suite of sensors including front, surround, and rear cameras, front and corner radars, and ultrasonic sensors. This enables navigation on complex highways and urban expressways.
### Handling the Entire Driving Cycle on Highways and Expressways
The NOA system, with its precise perception and robust computing, is translated into five key operational modules designed to handle the entire driving cycle of highways and expressways. First, "Single-lane Driving" controls steady driving, following driving, and complete stops after clearly identifying the final passing point.
The system has also mastered highway entry and exit operations by deriving smooth driving lines during merging and branching. Meanwhile, the lane change function executes autopilot only after confirming surrounding traffic conditions and securing a safe distance, based on a driver's command or a system proposal.
These are complemented by Intelligent Speed Control, which dynamically calculates optimal vehicle speed by balancing legal speed limits, curve adjustments, and navigation destinations. Finally, "Smart Avoidance" allows the vehicle to safely avoid or stop for traffic cones in construction zones.