Mercedes-Benz teamed up with Google to design a car navigation system

Thank you, Mr. Air, a netizen of CTOnews.com, for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, Feb. 23 (Reuters)-German carmaker Mercedes-Benz announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Google in navigation and will provide "supercomputer-like performance" on every car equipped with self-driving sensors in a bid to compete with Tesla and Chinese start-ups.

According to Mercedes-Benz, the partnership with Google will enable it to provide real-time traffic information and automatic diversion. In addition, drivers can watch YouTube on the car entertainment system.

Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kaellenius also said the company agreed to share revenue with semiconductor maker Nvidia to reduce the upfront cost of buying expensive high-performance semiconductors. Nvidia has been a partner in its autopilot software since 2020.

Separately, Luminar Technologies, a maker of self-driving sensors in which Mercedes has a small stake, said it had reached a multibillion-dollar deal with the carmaker to integrate its sensors into various cars, sending Luminar's shares up more than 25 per cent.

CTOnews.com has reported that the Mercedes-Benz passenger car business delivered 2.0439 million cars to customers last year, down 1 per cent from a year earlier. However, the company's electric car sales surged to 117800 last year from 52500 in 2021.