Volkswagen Group teams up with Microsoft on self-driving cars
The Volkswagen Group will collaborate further with software giant Microsoft to speed up development of autonomous driving systems
11 Feb 2021
The Volkswagen Group and Microsoft have teamed up in a partnership that will see the two companies jointly develop new autonomous driving technologies.
The VW Group’s software company, called Car.Software Organisation, will collaborate with Microsoft to create a “cloud-based Autonomous Driving Platform” that could make developing driver assistance systems easier.
Volkswagen and Microsoft have been working together on the Volkswagen Automotive Cloud since 2018, a system that focuses on integrating digital services, such as over-the-air software updates.
Volkswagen beds Microsoft to deliver driverless tech
Volkswagen beds Microsoft to deliver driverless tech
February 12, 2021
German car-maker believes new cloud-based autonomous driving software could herald breakthrough
Volkswagen and Microsoft have announced that they are extending their partnership to develop a new cloud-based technology that will help both parties fast-forward the introduction of autonomous driving systems.
As part of the deal, Volkswagen’s software division will have access to the US tech giant’s cloud-based Microsoft Azure platform.
This, claims both parties, will help the development of the driverless tech and enable it to be more easily integrated into cars.
It’s understood that the greater processing power in the cloud could overcome the limitation of current hardware used in vehicles, which struggle to cope with crunching the amount of data needed for autonomous driving.