IVEX Brings Euro NCAP Scoring to NVIDIA Halos SAFE for Automated Driving

Oct 21, 2026

Leuven, Belgium – 21 October 2026 – IVEX, a deep-tech company whose safety-testing technology is used in official vehicle assessments, is bringing its NCAP Evaluator software to NVIDIA Halos SAFE (Safety Assurance Framework for Evaluation), expanding the safety evaluation capabilities available within NVIDIA's autonomous-driving ecosystem. The software helps developers evaluate and score simulated and real driving tests against NCAP protocols, enabling them to compare safety performance and generate traceable evidence for safety assessments.

As automated driving systems become more complex, manufacturers increasingly use simulation alongside physical testing to examine how vehicles respond to different road conditions. NVIDIA Halos supports this growing need for comprehensive safety evaluation through a full-stack system spanning hardware, software, AI, and ecosystem safety. Within this system, Halos SAFE is a safety evaluation framework that helps developers evaluate driving performance against safety requirements and assess simulation credibility by comparing simulated and physical test results.

IVEX brings its established vehicle safety testing technology to these workflows through its NCAP Evaluator. The software applies protocol-based safety scoring rules and data checks to simulation and physical test outputs, helping engineers assess results consistently and trace each assessment back to the underlying test data.

This common scoring approach helps teams investigate differences between simulated and physical results and identify where further validation is needed. Structured review workflows retain human oversight of the final evaluation.

For IVEX, this marks an expansion of its role from established vehicle assessment programmes into automated-driving evaluation. The company is a trusted supplier to Euro NCAP, providing technology used in official vehicle assessments. Its NCAP Evaluator is also used by vehicle manufacturers and accredited test laboratories involved in Euro NCAP assessments.

“As vehicle development increasingly moves into simulation, engineers need a consistent way to assess what those tests tell them about safety performance. Working with NVIDIA allows IVEX to bring our experience in established vehicle safety assessments into the next generation of automated-driving development. Our goal is to help engineering teams make more informed decisions about safety, with results they can consistently measure, compare and verify,” says Mario Torres, co-founder and CEO of IVEX.

About IVEX

Founded in 2018, IVEX develops software for automotive safety testing. Its NCAP Evaluator manages test data, analysis, scoring and reporting across ADAS, crash protection and other NCAP safety domains. IVEX’s broader platform has been deployed in on-road testing campaigns in more than 20 countries and has worked with data from more than 50 vehicle models. The company holds six patents and is ISO 27001 certified. In September 2026, IVEX raised €5 million in Series A funding to advance its technology and expand in North America and Asia.