Qnovo Partners with Sonatus to Accelerate AI-Enhanced Battery Safety in Electric Vehicles

Software Defined Vehicle Partnership Reduces Advanced Battery Diagnostics Integration Time from Months to Days

MILPITAS, Calif., Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Qnovo, a leader in battery software for e-mobility, today announced at The Battery Show North America a strategic partnership with Sonatus, an AI and software-defined vehicle (SDV) solutions supplier. This collaboration transforms 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.

The partnership integrates Qnovo's industry-leading Health & Safety Diagnostics (HSD) with Sonatus AI Director, creating an unprecedented solution that delivers 98.7% accurate battery fault prediction with dramatically faster time-to-market.ⁱ

"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 for Software-Defined Vehicles

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. 

"Integrating Qnovo's Health and Safety Diagnostics with the Sonatus AI Director represents a fundamental shift in how battery intelligence enables true software-defined vehicles," said Jeff Chou, CEO and co-founder of Sonatus. "E-mobility becomes more seamless, enabling responsive adaptation, real-time optimization, and integrated decision-making across all vehicle systems."

Proven Technology with Field-Validated Performance

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.

Industry Impact and Market Opportunity

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.ⁱⁱ

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.

For a live demo of Qnovo's integration with the Sonatus AI Director, visit Qnovo in Booth 2638 at the Battery Show North America in Detroit, Michigan on October 6-9^th, 2025.

About Qnovo

Qnovo provides advanced software to optimize lithium-ion battery health, safety and its economics, thus accelerating the transition to electrical energy for e-mobility, autonomy and grid. Leveraging sophisticated battery models enhanced with AI and machine learning, our software delivers real-time insights into battery performance and operation with 98.7% accuracy in detecting potential safety issues. Qnovo holds 60+ patents, supported by 2,000,000 km of vehicle road data and 200 million deployed smartphones. Discover more at www.qnovo.com.

About Sonatus

Sonatus is a vehicle software company that is accelerating the transition towards AI-enabled software-defined vehicles. The diverse products comprising the Sonatus Vehicle Platform serve as key building blocks that allow automotive companies and their ecosystem to fast forward to the future of mobility and deliver continuous improvements in cost, capabilities, reliability, and user experience over the vehicle lifespan. The award-winning Sonatus software platform is in mass production in over 5 million vehicles from Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. Sonatus is privately-held with world-class automotive, technology, and venture investors. Sonatus worldwide headquarters is in Sunnyvale, CA (Silicon Valley), with regional headquarters in Dublin, and offices in Bangalore, Detroit, Frankfurt, Kraków, Paris, Pune, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, and Tokyo. For more information, visit www.sonatus.com

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