YOKOHAMA (dpa-AFX) - Renault-Nissan Alliance, an alliance between Japan's Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (NSANF.PK, NSANY.PK) and French car maker Renault SA (RNSDY.PK, RNSDF.PK, RNT.L), and Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said they have signed a global, multi-year agreement to partner on next-generation technologies to advance connected driving experiences worldwide.
The companies will work together to develop next-generation connected services for cars powered by Microsoft Azure, one of Microsoft's intelligent cloud offerings.
According to the companies, these new services will improve customer experience via advanced navigation, predictive maintenance and vehicle centric services, remote monitoring of car features, external mobile experiences and over-the-air updates.
The Alliance aims to develop connectivity technologies and features to support the launch of more than 10 vehicles with autonomous driving technology by 2020, with services to maximize better use of newly found in-car free time.
Renault-Nissan will continuously develop and launch new connected services and applications that will make it easier for people to stay connected to work, entertainment and social networks.
The alliance will also offer vehicle centric services that will simplify and enhance engagement with the car through usage-based information, remote access, remote diagnostics and preventive maintenance.
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