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Luxury-Car Rivals Team Up to Develop Self-Driving Cars
- Automakers being squeezed by surging costs for new technology
- Luxury-car rivals open to adding more partners to project
Source: BMW
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Daimler AG and BMW AG have agreed to cooperate on developing self-driving cars, the latest move by the luxury-car rivals to share cost as a technology shift shakes up the industry.
The German manufacturers have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop the next generation of autonomous-driving technology, which should be market-ready by the middle of the next decade, they said Thursday in an emailed statement. Additional partners, either technology companies or auto manufacturers, could join the venture, according to the statement. Bloomberg News first reported plans for a cooperation in December.