German automaker Mercedes-Benz has partnered with Google Cloud to enhance its navigation system and explore the possible use of Google Cloud’s AI, data, and open infrastructure solutions.
The luxury car company is leveraging Google Maps’s in-car geospatial data and navigation capabilities to improve the overall driving experience.
- The collaboration with Google makes Mercedes the first automaker to launch its own branded navigation system that uses in-car data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps.
- Google’s geospatial capabilities include detailed information about locations, real-time and predictive traffic updates, automatic rerouting, and more.
- The agreement also states that Mercedes will explore the use of Google Cloud’s AI, data, and open infrastructure solutions to accelerate the deployment of new models, analyze fleet data, and securely innovate and scale from on-premises to the edge, to the cloud to advance autonomous driving, support sustainability efforts, improve customer experiences.
