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See how Vaisala Xweather helps automotive innovators improve the safety, convenience, and performance of connected and autonomous vehicles.

Xweather vision

Weather data for software-defined vehicles

Changing weather and road conditions affect the performance and efficiency of vehicle systems. Our technology helps you mitigate weather-related risks, optimize vehicle systems, and leverage opportunities for new innovation.

Changing weather and road conditions affect the performance and efficiency of vehicle systems. Our technology helps you mitigate weather-related risks, optimize vehicle systems, and leverage opportunities for new innovation.

Changing weather and road conditions affect the performance and efficiency of vehicle systems. Our technology helps you mitigate weather-related risks, optimize vehicle systems, and leverage opportunities for new innovation.

Safety and comfort

Find safer, more efficient routes and reduce drive time by using road weather data to avoid roads with poor driving conditions.

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EV range and efficiency

Calculate EV range more accurately by factoring in the current and forecasted weather and driving conditions.

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ADAS and AD

Reduce the risk of accidents and increase system availability with real-time information about road surface conditions beyond the vehicle’s line of sight.

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Subseasonal Energy Trader Report launched at NAEMA

  • Energy traders and analysts can now look further ahead with 30 days of early access to daily updated subseasonal forecasts, reports, and data feeds.

  • Multiple forecast models and probabilistic ranges highlight the most likely outcomes and the risks that matter most.

  • Receive fresh, detailed insights every day—covering the entire U.S. and all EIA regions—so critical information is always at your fingertips.

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Maria Johnson
Founder of The weather Company

Fortune 100 companies that rely on Xweather

Impact

Road weather data for assisted and autonomous driving

Xweather provides precision road weather for developing and enabling assisted and automated driving systems. Our end-to-end offering includes everything from predictive data-as-a-service to hardware for ground-truth observations of road surface conditions. We support ADAS and AD technology throughout its development lifecycle from early validation to performance testing and on to production.

Increase system availability

We extend the weather-specific ODD of ADAS and autonomous vehicles with real-time and predictive road weather data—helping teams test, optimize, and select routes that stay reliable in any conditions.

Improve safety performance

We extend the weather-specific ODD of ADAS and autonomous vehicles with real-time and predictive road weather data—helping teams test, optimize, and select routes that stay reliable in any conditions.

Driver trust

We extend the weather-specific ODD of ADAS and autonomous vehicles with real-time and predictive road weather data—helping teams test, optimize, and select routes that stay reliable in any conditions.

Increase system availability

We extend the weather-specific ODD of ADAS and autonomous vehicles with real-time and predictive road weather data—helping teams test, optimize, and select routes that stay reliable in any conditions.

Partner

Leading ADAS and autonomous driving developers.

Challenge

Onboard sensors couldn’t reliably detect or anticipate hazardous road and weather conditions, limiting system availability and reducing safety performance.

Solution

Xweather provided precise, real-time and predictive road weather intelligence — road friction, road surface condition, road temperature, and hazard forecasts — extending perception beyond the vehicle’s sensors.

Impact
  • Higher ADAS/AD availability in adverse weather

  • Fewer disengagements and safer driving behavior

  • More reliable decision-making across autonomy stacks

Product and highlight

Accurate EV range and improved efficiency

Xweather goes beyond generic weather data, providing dedicated atmospheric and road surface parameters for modeling rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag to predict EV range.

Accurate EV range prediction

Enhance the driver experience with accurate, weather-aware EV range prediction that accounts for current and forecasted conditions.

Optimize drivetrain to extend range

Use current and forecasted weather data to optimize thermal management of the battery, power train, and cabin leading to improved efficiency.

Reduce range anxiety

Build driver trust and confidence with accurate range prediction. Provide enhanced route planning options that highlight the most efficient routes.

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Use cases

In-vehicle infotainment for safety and comfort

Xweather supports innovation in connected-car experiences with timely information about air quality, weather, and road conditions that improves road safety, travel efficiency, and driver awareness.

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Offerings

WeatherDesk

A real-time weather-intelligence platform delivering hyperlocal forecasts, observations, and risk insights for trading, utilities, energy, agriculture, and commodity markets. Helps teams anticipate market-moving weather events and respond faster.

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Lightning API

Real-time and historical lightning intelligence to assess asset risk, monitor outage potential, and guide maintenance or dispatch decisions. Strike location, severity, and timing help teams quickly validate faults and optimize restoration efforts.

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Road Weather API

High-resolution, predictive road-surface and weather data for logistics, fleet operations, and energy asset management. Enables safer routing, operational planning, and weather-related risk reduction.

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Predictive Weather Insights

Sector-specific forecasts — including wind, temperature, precipitation, and extreme-weather indicators — tailored to energy demand modeling, renewables forecasting, and commodity price movement.

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Air Quality API

Global air-quality data and pollutant forecasts designed for utilities, infrastructure operators, and environmental compliance teams. Supports regulatory reporting, health-risk monitoring, and operational adjustments.

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Severe Weather Alerts

Automated, location-specific alerts for storms, wind, hail, temperature extremes, flooding, and other hazardous events. Enables operators to act early, protect assets, and trigger response workflows with confidence.

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Webinars and demos

On-demand: We are a turning point for renewable energy...is your portfolio ready?

Explore the forces transforming the renewable energy landscape in our on-demand Xweather webinar. As wind and solar rapidly gain ground and market conditions accelerate, new opportunities are emerging—alongside heightened volatility and growing weather-driven risk.

On-demand: Vaisala Xweather, New Re, Statkraft & BGC in conversation

Xweather and leading industry experts discuss the sharp decline in European wind energy production in Q1 2025—the lowest in decades—and its far-reaching financial impacts, including rising emissions and soaring power prices. 

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