BlackBerry and Magneti Marelli China Collaborate to Empower Chinese Cars with QNX Digital Cockpit Platform

Shanghai, China and Waterloo, Canada – December 10, 2019 –  BlackBerry (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced a strategic collaboration with global Tier 1 automotive supplier Magneti Marelli China to  integrate the QNX® Digital Cockpit Platform into Magneti Marelli’s Electronics eCockpit and Digital Cluster solutions. The combined solution will be adopted by Magneti Marelli’s broad range of OEM customers in China.

Leveraging the QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits, Magneti Marelli’s proven eCockpit and Digital Cluster solutions enable automakers to provide users with a personalized and seamless connected experience in the car, just like at home or in the office, while ensuring the functional safety, cybersecurity, and reliability of critical systems.

Kaivan Karimi, Senior Vice President and Co-Head, BlackBerry Technology Solutions (BTS)

With Mr. Huihai Wu, General Manager of Magneti Marelli Electronics China

“We are proud to be working with Magneti Marelli on this innovative solution that provides drivers with the in-car experience they love, while meeting their needs for functional safety, cybersecurity and reliability,” said Kaivan Karimi, Senior Vice President and Co-Head of BlackBerry Technology Solutions (BTS). “Together, we will help China’s leading automakers provide their customers with the latest applications they need in the car, while protecting and sandboxing the infotainment portion of the digital cockpit so that when an application crashes, security is compromised or requires an update, our mission-critical driving functions are not impacted.”

The new collaboration builds on the strong partnership between Magneti Marelli China and BlackBerry, which began in 2016 with the QNX® Safety Hypervisor and QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP) 7.0 to develop embedded cockpit systems that were deployed by four major Chinese automakers.

“In the highly competitive global automotive market, emerging automotive technologies are evolving faster than ever before,” said Wu Huihai, General Manager of Magneti Marelli Electronics China. “Partnering with BlackBerry will help us develop the next generation of safe and reliable digital cockpits for our users, thereby helping Chinese automakers enhance vehicle safety and connectivity.”

The QNX Platform for Digital Cockpit is a cutting-edge, fully integrated software solution that combines BlackBerry's safety-certified QNX Hypervisor for Safety, the QNX® Platform for Instrument Clusters, the QNX® CAR Platform for Infotainment, and a secure Android platform. It helps automakers deliver reliable and secure QNX-based digital instrument clusters and infotainment systems, with access to the latest Android applications through a single electronic control unit.

As a leader in safety-certified and secure automotive software, BlackBerry provides the most advanced foundational software and cybersecurity technologies to OEMs and Tier 1 automotive suppliers worldwide. With its rich experience in functional safety, cybersecurity and continuous innovation, BlackBerry QNX technology is trusted by automotive OEMs and Tier 1 automotive suppliers and is widely used in their advanced driver assistance systems, digital instrument clusters, connectivity modules, hands-free systems and infotainment systems.

BlackBerry will be showcasing its full range of automotive products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center from January 7-10, 2020. Visit BlackBerry at booth #7515 in the North Hall.

To learn more about the BlackBerry QNX platform and how it is the most advanced embedded software platform for the autonomous vehicle market, visit www.blackberry.com/qnx.