Daimler, BMW autonomous alliance seeks to define self-driving rules


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 07 Mar 2019

The BMW booth displays the company logo at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files

GENEVA: Daimler and BMW are teaming up to develop autonomous driving technology to cut costs and set an industry standard that can help to shape future regulation for self-driving cars, senior executives said on March 6.

"It is a chicken and egg situation. Somebody has to standardise the technology and regulation will follow," Klaus Froehlich, BMW's board member responsible for development, said.

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