After joining Uber, Volvo cooperated with Mei to sell autopilot technology

Recently, Volvo announced that it would cooperate with Autoliv, a Swedish car seat belt and air bag supplier, to jointly study driverless technology, and will sell the unmanned solution to other car manufacturers in the future.

Through this cooperation, Volvo and Meian have migrated their driverless software development and intellectual property rights to a joint venture established by both parties. Mesa serves as the sole supplier of software systems and Volvo can purchase these technology solutions directly from the joint venture company. The joint venture plans to employ 200 employees in the initial stage and will increase to more than 600 in the future.

Previously, Volvo had announced that it would launch a market-oriented consumer or rental driverless vehicle by 2021. Last month, Volvo joined Uber with a total of US$300 million in research and development of unmanned vehicles. The determination of the field.

In addition to developing their own autonomous vehicles, but also from the cooperation initiatives it wants to be seen autopilot technology to other manufacturers, but the vast majority of today's market carmakers are kept secret driverless car technology, Volvo The cooperation with Meian is groundbreaking. It not only enables both parties to grasp the industry's discourse power to a certain extent, but also helps to set industry standards.

Volvo had already opened its part of its safety technology to other car manufacturers earlier. Volvo believes that driverlessness is also a safety function. Providing it to other manufacturers helps promote the development of the entire industry.