Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi and Google Join Forces on Next-Generation Infotainment

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PARIS and TOKYO and YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

     - World's leading automotive Alliance signs a global multiyear agreement to

      partner with Google to equip Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi vehicles with

      intelligent infotainment systems

    - The Alliance will utilize Android, world's most popular operating

      system, to offer customers a new array of services including Google Maps,

      the Google Assistant and the Google Play Store

    - These services will be combined with Alliance Intelligent Cloud-based

      remote software upgrades and vehicle diagnostics

    Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi and Google today announced a technology

partnership to embed the Android operating system in vehicles sold by the

world's leading automotive alliance, providing intelligent infotainment and

customer focused-applications across multiple models and brands, scheduled to

start in 2021.

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    Under the technology partnership, vehicles sold by the Alliance members in

many markets will utilize Android, the world's most popular operating system,

and will provide turn-by-turn navigation with Google Maps, access to a rich

ecosystem of automotive apps on the Google Play Store and have the ability to

answer calls and texts, control media, find information, and manage vehicle

functions with voice using the built in Google Assistant.

    The Alliance, whose member companies last year sold 10.6 million vehicles

in 200 markets, will integrate Google applications and services into

infotainment and cloud-based systems to enhance the experience for customers of

Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors brands. While a range of Alliance

vehicles will share the Android platform, each brand will have flexibility to

create a unique customer interface and specific features on top of the common

Android platform.

    The infotainment partnership forms part of Alliance moves to equip more

vehicles with connectivity and cloud-based services as part of its Alliance

2022 mid-term plan. Today's announcement, coinciding with the first anniversary

of the mid-term plan, symbolizes the Alliance focus on next-generation

technology. Under the plan, Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is targeting increased

sales of more than 14 million units a year by the end of 2022.

    The plan also involves the launch of 12 new zero-emission electric

vehicles, new autonomous-driving technologies and the ongoing rollout of the

Alliance Intelligent Cloud.

    The Alliance Intelligent Cloud will provide next-generation infotainment

systems with secure connectivity by offering a platform to integrate data

management, infotainment systems and to facilitate over-the-air upgrades and

remote diagnostics in Alliance member-company vehicles.

     Source: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi