According to unconfirmed media reports, Volkswagen plans to join Waymo.
The car company Volkswagen looking for cooperation partners – that’s official. But it works around partner on the issue of liability.
SEDRIC jury. Source: VW
Along with Siemens you test the networking of crossing and in terms of networking you are also with Microsoft together gone. One has in China some cooperation partners, also with, for example, the subsidiary Audi and they founded the NAV group , which is also dedicated to the networking of autonomous vehicles. By 2021, you want to have an automated vehicle in the drawer.
There are also rumors that Volkswagen and BMW want to do something common in the development of autonomous driving. BMW recently opened its doors to cooperation partners opened again and did not rule out talks with Volkswagen. That’s not surprising, because even the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai is the BMW Alliance for the development of technology up 2021 joined.
As the Manager Magazin reports, Volkswagen now wants to become the European partner for the Google sister Waymo to become. In fact, Waymo is making some efforts to get in Europe to establish. Because you have a relationship with the US-Italian automaker Fiat-Chrysler who has the vehicles for Waymo provides, you test the Level 4 vehicles in Italy. Also in China you have already founded a branch.
Later this year, according to the previous plan, you want a robot taxi service in the US state Arizona establish. This would be the world’s first such service in regular operation.
For the cooperation with Waymo, according to the state of negotiations, VW boss Herbert Diess wants to participate in the alphabet company. Apparently, one considers spending 12 billion euros for ten percent.
Honda had recently been from Waymo separated and has become General Motors facing. There you get access to the technology and can shop cheaper. Although the Schedule on the verge stands. At Waymo, some experts, that would not have been possible. Therefore, this speculation regarding the entry of VW at Waymo is questionable. Especially because Waymo is not short of cash.
In addition, according to the media reports, Diess lacked the support of the VW board of directors to ease such amounts. Volkswagen declined to comment on the report.
Furthermore, VW plans to buy in the South Korean company SK Innovation. These are batteries for e-mobility.