Renault-Nissan Partners With Microsoft For Future Connected Driving Technologies

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft have signed a multi-year agreement centred on next-generation connected driving technology.

This new agreement follows Nissan-Renault’s earlier confirmation of plans to launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous driving technology by 2020, and include in them, improved connected services (so drivers and occupants can better-use the new-found ‘free’ time in their cars).

The next-generation connected services will use Microsoft Azure, one of the Redmond Washington-based tech giant’s intelligent cloud products.

Nissan says Microsoft Azure provides a secure global platform with unlimited scale which will facilitate services to its customers in every corner of the planet.

So we’re talking better navigation technology, predictive vehicle maintenance, remote monitoring of your car and its features, external mobile technology for work and social networks and even over-the-air software updates.

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