With each of its bids, what a luxurious, German kvalitetsbil should be able to, BMW and Mercedes manufacturer Daimler traditionally been close competitors.
a few months ago, the two manufacturers, however, see a lot more of each other, as they beat their delebilsordninger, DriveNow and Car2Go, along. And now suggest something that they have been happy to follow along.
The German media, Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Auto Bild citing anonymous sources to say that the producers in a while have negotiated to extend the cooperation to also involve the joint development of platforms for electric cars. Neither Daimler or BMW has, however, wish to comment on the information.
It writes Reuters.
According to both media, the two automakers reportedly save up to 52,2 billion. dollars each on a collaboration.
Auto Bild writes according to Reuters, the co-operation as a starting point is to share the costs for the development of compact and medium sized cars that ‘should first and foremost be electrical’.
– We can do nothing else than to save, save and save. At the same time must be invested in all areas. Instead of trying to trying to reinvent the wheel by going it alone, it requires the consolidation or our core business slipping away, said an anonymous manager with Mercedes-Benz for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Although the negotiations alleged to have taken place in a while, however, it can still end up with the two producers go each to his home as they went case.
Regardless of what BMW and Daimler, however, converged to a greater degree than in the past. At this year’s car show in Geneva went to Daimler, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, so far as to say:
– Our long-standing neighbor is now become our partner.
in Addition to the collaboration on a joint using a car sharing solution, which is dubbed ShareNow, the two automakers have already agreed to swap hatches, when it comes to self-propelled technology.
According to Reuters, stated BMW’s financial chief back in november that he was open to further cooperation with Daimler. At that time he had, however, allegedly find it difficult to see the two manufacturers work together to build the platforms.
Now is the tone, however, been a little bit different with BMW.
– from a mathematical perspective, there is no alternative to cooperation. The decision is extremely political, for both sides are very afraid of losing face, says a manager at BMW, who do not want to get his name forward, to the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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