(Reuters) – Automaker Stellantis has signed a multiyear deal to use Qualcomm’s next-generation connected-car know-how in its car lineup, the businesses mentioned on Thursday.

Fourteen Stellantis manufacturers, together with Peugeot, Fiat and Jeep, will use Qualcomm’s car cockpit and 5G telematics know-how beginning in 2024 with the Maserati model being the primary out the gate, mentioned the businesses, which didn’t disclose the deal worth.

Stellantis Chief Executive Carlos Tavares mentioned in a press release the collaboration helps the corporate extra intently handle the entire electronics provide chain.

Qualcomm common supervisor of automotive, Nakul Dugal, informed Reuters extra automakers are working straight with chip makers moderately than simply counting on their different suppliers to act as a go-between.

“If you return even a few years, it was fairly unusual for (automakers) to decide like this,” Dugal mentioned. “This is now turning into way more widespread.”

He added Qualcomm’s current acquisition of self-driving tech software program firm Arriver provides its so-called “digital chassis” the power to supply a full set of driver help and self-driving capabilities in addition to cockpit and telematic know-how. But the take care of Stellantis this time doesn’t embody that newer providing.

Qualcomm mentioned that because it first unveiled its driver help and self-driving system – known as Snapdragon Ride – in 2020, its automotive enterprise deal pipeline has elevated to $13 billion final 12 months from $3 billion in 2017.

In a press release the 2 firms mentioned the in-car communication and infotainment techniques for Stellantis is being designed and engineered along with tech large Amazon.com and Taiwanese manufacturing firm Foxconn.

(Reporting by Jane Lanhee Lee; enhancing by Ben Klayman and Cynthia Osterman)