FILE PHOTO: An Audi logo is displayed at the 89th Geneva International Motor Show in Geneva, Switzerland March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Audi (NSUG.DE) is set to join an alliance with rivals Daimler (DAIGn.DE) and BMW (BMWG.DE) to develop advanced driving assistance systems, German weekly Wirtschaftswoche said on Thursday.
The companies are developing highly automated driving functions to enable so-called level 3 autonomous driving on highways as well as automated parking.
Audi, a unit of Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) will announce the alliance at the Frankfurt auto show in early September, Wirtschaftswoche said.
Volkswagen will continue to develop fully autonomous vehicles in cooperation with Ford (F.N), Wirtschaftswoche said.
Reporting by Edward Taylor; Editing by Thomas Seythal