BMW and Mobileye Announce Crowdsourcing Real-Time Data for Autonomous Cars

According to the fresh announcement, BMW and Mobileye will crowdsource real-time data for autonomous cars in order to make them safer and more efficient.

Klaus Fröhlich, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Development, said:

This announcement demonstrates that our partnership is rapidly bringing innovation to market to allow customers to benefit from the latest technology.At a strategic level, this announcement makes it clear how our cooperation with Mobileye leverages our investment stake in HERE. The data of future BMW vehicles will enrich the quality of maps and services for everyone. Furthermore, this represents a significant step towards introducing the BMW iNEXT with its features of highly automated driving in 2021 as well as creating a leading ecosystem around HERE’s Open Location Platform leveraged by swarm data from millions of vehicles across the world.

Professor Amnon Shashua, Mobileye’s Chairman and CTO, added:

We welcome the opportunity to take this next step in our relationship with BMW Group. Camera-based ADAS systems are already making the roads safer. Global RoadBook is an initiative to utilize data from these cameras to create the high-definition maps required to make the next generation of autonomous driving a reality, in an inclusive way which will create an industry standard.