ECARX Debuts New Immersive Makalu Digital Cockpit Display at IAA Mobility in Munich

ECARX will display its immersive Makalu digital cockpit at IAA MOBILITY during its first appearance at the world’s largest mobility event in Munich from 04-08 September 2023 in Germany.

Makalu is ECARX’s fifth-generation, ultra-high-performance digital cockpit computing platform system. It enables a longer product lifecycle without any hardware upgrades, allowing OEMs to ensure their infotainment systems can be continually improved via over-the-air updates.

The Makalu system has been integrated into a bespoke vehicle cockpit display, enabling IAA visitors to fully explore Makalu’s unique capabilities and its genuinely immersive user experience.

With up to 32GB of RAM, 8GB of video RAM, a solid-state drive with 1TB of storage, and the Unreal Engine 3D graphics engine developed by leading game company Epic – delivering rendering capability at 10.1 tera floating point operations per second (FLOPS) – Makalu provides genuinely extraordinary performance and sets a new benchmark for infotainment, delivering breathtaking, real-time 3D animations, stunning augmented reality displays, home cinema-like sound, and even HD video games.

ECARX’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Cirino commented: “At IAA, we will showcase the incredible power and performance of our digital cockpit computing platforms. The demonstrators we’ve created allow IAA visitors to fully experience the world-leading innovation that will shape the vehicle’s mind for years. As the automotive industry progresses towards the intelligent, software-defined vehicles of the future, our agility, flexibility, and expertise, together with our partnerships with the world’s leading tech companies, will ensure that ECARX will be at the heart of the mobility transformation.”

ECARX is on stand E14 in Hall B3 at the IAA, which takes place at the Munich Messe from 04-08 September. In addition to the ECARX Makalu cockpit display, the stand will feature the ECARX Antora digital cockpit computing platform and the ECARX Cloudpeak digital cockpit software stack. ECARX will hold a press briefing on 4 September at 16:00 on its stand with John Marcus, ECARX President, International, about its ambitious plans for the future.