Toyota group firms to set up JV for self-driving technology

Reuters

Published Aug 27, 2018 09:34

Toyota group firms to set up JV for self-driving technology

TOKYO (Reuters) - Four Toyota Motor Corp (T:7203) group companies said on Monday they will form a joint venture to develop software that manages brakes, steering and other components for automated driving.

Advics, Aisin Seiki Co (T:7259), Denso Corp (T:6902) and Jtekt Corp (T:6473) aim to launch the company in March 2019 with Denso to be the biggest stakeholder, owning 65 percent, they said in a joint statement. https://

The Nikkei business daily had flagged the deal last week.