In an expansion of the ties between Ford Motor Company, Autonomic and Amazon Web Services (AWS), the three companies announced this week a new collaborative, multi-year agreement to expand automotive cloud services and connected car application development services.
The agreement unites Autonomic’s automotive cloud with the powerful, global cloud power of AWS, marking a significant boost to connectivity capabilities among Ford vehicles, including Internet of Things, machine learning, analytics access and compute services. The partners are specifically pitching the opportunities of this arrangement for software developers, automakers, public transit operators and large-scale fleet operators. Future connected vehicular cloud services and applications, whether they are independently made or otherwise, will now work through the new application.
“This collaboration will significantly expand our opportunity to deliver the very best experiences to Ford vehicle and mobility customers,” Marcy Klevorn, president of Ford Mobility, said. “I am excited that our future cloud standard for connected vehicle solutions will be powered by AWS in addition to Autonomic’s Transportation Mobility Cloud.”
The partners are pitching the development as one beneficial to developers, giving them the ability to keep down costly and timely developmental practices by merely connecting through the existing TMC. They add that it is not locked to any one brand of vehicle.
“This marks the next stage of what has already been an immensely gratifying collaborative relationship with AWS,” Gavin Sherry, co-founder and CEO of Autonomic, said. “One of the many goals we have in common is to build a cohesive framework for vehicle makers and developers, allowing them to focus on creating some of the best experiences for customers who use our connectivity systems. Now, with the announcement of this strategic collaboration, our platforms’ capabilities will expand greatly.”