Mercedes joins hands with Bosch to develop self-driving taxis

Agreement between the two heavyweights will be powerful counter to autonomous cars being developed by the likes of Uber, Didi

Thu, Apr 06, 2017 - 5:50 AM

Objective is to "achieve the production-ready development of a driving system which will allow cars to drive fully autonomously in the city", Daimler said.

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Frankfurt

MERCEDES-BENZ owner Daimler and supplier Robert Bosch are teaming up to develop self-driving cars in an alliance aimed at accelerating the production of "robo-taxis".

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