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By Rachel More
Wed, January 7, 2026 astatine 6:10 AM CST 1 min read
By Rachel More
BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - More than 30 companies crossed the automotive proviso chain person agreed to collaborate connected open-source software to make next-generation cars and chopped costs, the German industry lobby down the inaugural said connected Wednesday.
Germany's VDA announced the enlargement of the inaugural astatine the CES commercialized amusement successful Las Vegas, wherever carmakers and suppliers are betting connected AI and bundle to revive an manufacture struggling with dilatory progress and precocious costs.
European car radical Stellantis and motortruck shaper Traton person signed the memorandum of understanding, on with German supplier Schaeffler and chipmakers Infineon and Qualcomm, the VDA said.
They articulation German carmakers Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, among others, lifting the fig of participating firms from 11 erstwhile the radical was announced past twelvemonth to 32.
The inaugural aims to trim improvement and maintenance efforts by up to 40% and velocity clip to marketplace by up to 30%, the VDA said.
"The increasing participation successful this collaboration reflects a wide planetary displacement toward unfastened innovation successful the automotive industry," said Mike Milinkovich, enforcement manager of the Eclipse Foundation, a co-organiser of the initiative.
(Reporting by Rachel More. Editing by Mark Potter)
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