BERLIN – Volkswagen Group will make investments $2.33 billion and take a 60 % stake in a brand new three way partnership with Chinese language expertise firm Horizon Robotics for autonomous driving software program and {hardware}, the automaker mentioned.
The businesses will work collectively to develop expertise that may combine quite a few features for autonomous driving onto a single chip, VW mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
The enterprise will imply VW has a provider in every main area – North America, Europe and China – given its present provide relationships with U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm and Franco-Italian STMicrolectronics.
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