In cooperation with the car manufacturers, Microsoft has advanced the farthest, working with Ford Motor Company. the latest brand products have long been offering its customers in-vehicle infotainment system developed in collaboration with Microsoft. Now for the long-term cooperation with the American software giant announced the group Renault-Nissan, as Bloomberg explains.
The first cars Renault and Nissan brands, allow you to connect to the "cloud" Microsoft Azure environment, will appear in 2018, and two years later the group expects to bring to market at least 10 models with varying degrees of automation of the process of driving. The Microsoft platform is required not only for the exchange of information between vehicles equipped with "automatic pilot." Already in 2018, users can view the driving directions in the navigation system and advance their form on mobile devices. In addition, owners of cars of both brands will be given control over the location of personal transport through the mobile application. Mobile devices can be used instead of traditional keys. Remote engine start, the climate system and the opening of doors - this is a standard set of implemented similar systems.
Remote diagnostics on-board systems, software update "over the air", the exchange of settings between the same type of car, access to current information about the situation on the roads - all this will be realized in cooperation Renault-Nissan and Microsoft.