Tata Motors and Microsoft India today announced a strategic agreement that will help the auto-maker leverage Microsoft's connected vehicle technology to bring artificial intelligence, advanced machine learning and the Azure cloud service to car drivers. The first vehicle showcasing these capabilities will be unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show on March 7.
While the technology will first be used in Tata Motors' new vertical TAMO - an open platform to develop vehicles through a start-up ecosystem - it will later be absorbed into the wider Tata Motors stable, Guenter Butschek, CEO and MD, Tata Motors, said at a press conference here.
Among the services that this collaboration will bring to drivers are proactive shopping and route assist recommendations on the go, pre-emptive service alerts and firmware and software over-the-air updates.