Google and Renault are working on a ‘software-defined vehicle’
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Photo by Eric Piermont / AFP via Getty Images Google and the Renault Group are expanding their four-year-old partnership to include the development of an advanced software platform for future vehicles. This software-defined vehicle" will be built on Google's Android Automotive operating system and send data to the company's cloud servers for processing, the companies announced.
In 2018, Renault struck a deal with Google as part of a broader partnership between the tech giant and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which collectively is one of the largest auto groups in the world. As part of the deal, the Alliance announced that it would adopt Google's native car operating system, which offers built-in Assistant, Maps, and Play Store.
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