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Bosch is continuing to step up its game in the autonomous vehicle market with the acquisition of autonomous driving startup Five.
While the financial details of the acquisition are yet to be disclosed, the acquisition will allow Bosch to further develop self-driving car development and will see similar groups of software engineers consolidation application. Five will form part of Bosch’s multi-domain computing solutions division.
“Five is the perfect fit for our engineering activities – especially because of the associates’ agile mindset and approach. This brings us closer to our goal of autonomous driving. safe on our roads,” Bosch multi-domain computing president Mathias Pillin said in the statement.
This latest acquisition by Bosch follows the company’s recent takeover of digital mapping company Atlatec and is expected to strengthen Bosch’s capabilities in supporting autonomous driving.
The German company has been building its position in the field of autonomous vehicles for several years now. Previously, the company cooperated with Queensland and Victorian era Australian government on separate occasions to test the use of self-driving cars.
The company also signed an agreement with Baidu and map suppliers, AutoNavi and NavInfo, to develop “high-precision maps” they say are needed to facilitate autonomous driving.
“Autonomous driving is set up to make road traffic safer,” said Markus Heyn, President of the mobility solutions business at Bosch.
Earlier this week, San Francisco police officers were caught on video pulling over an autonomous vehicle driven by Cruise for an untitled drive, only to find no one inside. Video, already Originally published on Instagramshows that right after the vehicle was towed over, it took off again.
In one respond to a tweet it was created by 9to5 Publisher Seth Weintraub, Cruise said the car was performing as intended as it drove to “the nearest safe location to stop traffic”.
“We work closely with the SFPD on how to interact with our vehicles, including a dedicated phone number for them to call in situations like these,” added Cruise.
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