Mercedes Teams Up with Tencent on Self-Drive Cars

Tencent Cloud Computing Beijing Ltd. and Mercedes Benz-owned Daimler Greater China Ltd. are collaborating on the development of self-driving vehicles, Pandaily reported.

The alliance will feature a joint laboratory, research and innovation, the report said. The collaboration will enable Mercedes to utilise big data, artificial intelligence and cloud computing to speed up the delivery of autonomous driving to the Chinese market, it added.

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Alfie Habershon

Alfie is a Reporter at Asia Financial. He previously lived in Mumbai reporting on India's economy and healthcare for data journalism initiative IndiaSpend, as well as having worked for London based Tortoise Media.