The year before, the Finnish company Nokia has sold its mapping business to alliance of three German car manufacturers (BMW, Daimler and Audi / Volkswagen), digital maps which are required not only for the navigation system, but also to develop automatic driving systems.
In addition to a pair of Chinese companies and Singaporean investment fund, which got 10% of Nokia shares , as noted by Reuters, now join Intel Corporation, this week become the owner of 15% stake . The financial side of the transaction was not disclosed, but the formalities should be settled in the current quarter.
According to the declared intentions, Intel is going to become a strategic investor, which is involved in the project, not only money, but also development. Intel have jointly developed technology to capture high-resolution terrain in real time. The relevance of digital data is very important for robocar because they use maps of the area, not only for the construction of route, but also to account for the location of obstacles restrictive signs and edge of the road.
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