Microsoft and Renault-Nissan partner to create new connected driving technology

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Two heavyweight companies in their respective fields, Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft Corp. have signed one global multiyear agreement that is used to partner the next generation technologies. The new deal will see a technologies being applied so that they could be used in the connected driving experiences.

The two heavyweight companies will be working together so that they can develop some cars for the next generation company’s intelligent cloud offerings. The new services are expected to improve the customer experience through the advanced navigation, the predictive maintenance of the car and also some vehicle centric services such as the remote monitoring of the car features, the external mobile experiences and not excluding the over the air updates.

Ogi Redzic, the senior Vice President at Renault Nissan Alliance, Connected Vehicles and Mobility Services said that the partnership would see the making of a car that would be increasingly connected, intelligent and one which would be personal.

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Redzic said that the new partnership with the tech giant, Microsoft, would allow the acceleration of the development of the associated key technologies which were needed to help with the enablement of the scenarios which customers wanted. It would also help them build all the new ones that users have not imagined. Redzic also noted that the whole aim of the provider of the connected mobility for everyone so that they could have one single platform.

The Renault Nissan Alliance is one of the pioneering companies in the autonomous driving and also several connectivity functions in the mainstream, the mass market vehicles at some very affordable prices.

The company is at this time looking at developing connectivity technologies and some functions which would be able to support the launch of about more than 10 vehicles with some of the autonomous driving technologies by 2024. They will have services that could maximize the better use of the newly found free time.

The car manufacturer plans to continue develop and also launch some new connected devices and services and some applications which will help people and also make it easier for them to stay connected to work, entertainment, and the social networks. It also plans to offer some vehicle centric services that would simplify and also elevate the engagement of the car through some usage based information, remote access, some remote diagnostics and also some preventive maintenance.

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The Renault Nissan Company will be making use of the Azure cloud service. The company is said to have chosen the Azure service because of the security which is enterprise grade and also the Microsoft commitment always to compliance. Azure is also able to support the various multiple operating systems, the programming languages and the tools which would provide a flexible space and a choice that would be able to create one common platform so that the Renault Nissan would be able to send some of the services to the Alliance brands.

The new partnership is said to be based on the next generation technologies.