SHANGHAI — Mercedes-Benz Group mentioned on Friday it opened a analysis and growth middle in Shanghai that may deal with mobility expertise.

The middle, its second R&D website in China, will work in tech fields corresponding to connectivity, automated driving and large information, the corporate mentioned in a press release.

Mercedes-Benz didn’t elaborate on the scale of the funding within the new tech website, nor what number of engineers it plans to ultimately rent for the placement.

It mentioned within the assertion it’s “aiming to draw a whole bunch of latest tech abilities”.

The institution of a brand new Shanghai tech middle follows a transfer final 12 months by the German premium carmaker to considerably improve its R&D capabilities in Beijing, by opening a brand new R&D facility in China’s capital.

With 1,000 engineers, the brand new Beijing tech facility is greater than 3 times the scale of the one Mercedes-Benz opened in 2014, and the primary outdoors Germany that’s extra “on par” technically with the corporate’s far greater R&D headquarters close to Stuttgart, an individual near the middle mentioned on the time.