German provider Robert Bosch signed a partnership cope with WeRide, a Guangzhou-based autonomous driving know-how supplier, to develop software program enabling autonomous driving capabilities for passenger automobile makers in China. 

Automobiles geared up with the software program can ship SAE Stage 2-3 superior clever driving experiences on city, freeway, and elevated roads in China, Bosch stated this week.

It has additionally obtained a strategic funding from Bosch, WeRide stated, with out divulging the quantity of the stake. 

WeRide beforehand signed partnership offers with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, and Chinese language automakers Yutong Group and GAC Motor Co. to develop autonomous driving autos. 

WeRide was established in 2017. It grew to become the primary home autonomous driving know-how authorised to check driverless autos in China in 2019. 

Final yr, it obtained a allow from the California’s Division of Motor Automobiles to conduct driverless testing on public roads in San Jose.