Daimler, Bosch team up to accelerate arrival of autonomous cars
German automaker Daimler has teamed up with automotive component manufacturer, Bosch, to speed up the development of autonomous vehicles. The companies aim to make self-driving vehicles “a reality on city streets” by 2020, taking "the comprehensive vehicle expertise of Daimler [and] combine it with the systems and hardware expertise of Bosch”. The partnership aims  not only to focus on in-car technology but also to develop smart-traffic control systems to improve road safety. 
Mercedes-Benz’s parent company Daimler has teamed up with Bosch, one of the world’s largest supplier of automotive components, in order to speed the development of self-driving cars. The two companies want to make fully automated and driverless cars “a reality on city streets” by the start of the next decade. Although details about the collaboration are scarce, the firms say the project will “take the comprehensive vehicle expertise of Daimler [and] combine it with the systems and hardware expertise of Bosch.” So, that’s that then.

This isn’t the first pairing we’ve seen in the race to develop driverless vehicles, of course, with plenty of carmakers, suppliers, and tech companies realizing the virtues of cooperation. Fiat Chrysler and Google; Volvo and Uber; Delphi and Mobileye; and now Daimler and Bosch have all joined forces to better pool resources and research.