Amazon and Stellantis abandon project to create a digital “SmartCockpit”

May 28, 2025

The Amazon/Stellantis STLA SmartCockpit was meant to arrive in 2024.

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Automaker Stellantis and retail and web services behemoth Amazon have decided to put an end to a collaboration on new in-car software. The partnership dates back to 2022, part of a wide-ranging agreement that also saw Stellantis pick Amazon Web Services as its cloud platform for new vehicles and Amazon sign on as the first customer for Ram’s fully electric ProMaster EV van.

A key aspect of the Amazon-Stellantis partnership was to be a software platform for new Stellantis vehicles called STLA SmartCockpit. Meant to debut last year, SmartCockpit was supposed to “seamlessly integrate with customers’ digital lives to create personalized, intuitive in-vehicle experiences,” using Alexa and other AI agents to provide better in-car entertainment but also navigation, vehicle maintenance, and in-car payments as well.

But 2024 came and went without the launch of SmartCockpit, and now the joint work has wound down, according to Reuters, although not for any particular reason the news organization could discern. Rather, the companies said in a statement that they “will allow each team to focus on solutions that provide value to our shared customers and better align with our evolving strategies.”

Stellantis continues to work with Amazon in other areas—Stellantis isn’t migrating away from AWS anytime soon that we know, and Amazon provides the Fire TVs that are an option on Chrysler’s Pacifica minivan. More broadly, Amazon has been placing Alexa inside the infotainment systems of dozens of OEMs as it competes with other tech giants to claim a slice of vehicles’ digital footprint.

The 2024 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle features a new sepia interior color and includes a rear seat entertainment system with Amazon Fire TV.

Amazon Fire TVs are still an option for the back seat of the Pacifica.

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But Amazon is still a minor player compared to its rivals. Google’s Android Automotive OS is now built into hundreds of new models, including all Stellantis vehicles that ship with uConnect 5. And many more use more modified Android-based OSes. ChatGPT is making fast in-roads, supplementing natural language processing and voice recognition systems from Google and Cerence to make for more powerful in-car search experiences. And as we learned earlier this month, Apple’s CarPlay Ultra, which takes over the entire main instrument display as well as the infotainment screen, is now ready for the road.

 

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