collaborations, such as the Drive between BMW and Daimler Autonomous for the German automotive industry-a question of Survival, experts say, because Tech giants such as Google are far ahead.
A week after the merger of its car-sharing services, have announced that BMW and Daimler, a common step in the future. You want to join forces also in automated Driving. At company representatives signed a Declaration of intent. Driving assistance systems and the technology for automated Driving on highways, and automated Parking to develop the competitors, in a first step. Both aspire to a “long-term and strategic cooperation”, they shared.
From competitors to partners
said the merger of competencies “we will increase innovation and accelerate the dissemination of this technology,” BMW development chief Klaus Fröhlich. Daimler research chief, Ola Källenius, said: “Instead of individual island solutions it is a reliable system that provides our customers with tangible Benefits.”
BMW is testing automated Driving in the world, with 70 vehicles, among other things, in Munich, and works with Intel, Mobileye, Fiat-Chrysler, Continental and Magna. Daimler wants to bring this year together with the automotive suppliers, Bosch is in the Silicon Valley in the United States self-propelled vehicles without steering Wheel and accelerator in towns and cities on the road.