Renault Is ready for Autonomous Future

The Automotive News Europe website reported that Renault says the Symbioz, [its newest experimental model] is a rolling test bed for the company’s newest technology. The technology that a vehicle needs to pilot itself safely on a public road is so complex that no one automaker can do it alone. Renault had many  collaborators on the project. This system of “open innovation” helped Renault create the Symbioz in less than two years. By comparison it typically takes three to four years to develop a conventional car. To work that quickly with a wide variety of partners required a new level of trust. Essentially, Renault had to let down its guard. “It is a new way of working,” said Mathieu Lips, the Symbioz’s product director. “The alliance shared its technology without limits.”

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