Microsoft partners Renault-Nissan to bring Office tools to cars

Microsoft wants to improve the in-car experience for all drivers. So after Mercedes, the Redmond giant is teaming up Renault-Nissan to bring Office tools inside your car.

The partnership is aimed at developing new and enhanced connectivity schemes using Microsoft’s Azure cloud services. Along with this, the two companies will also be working to create, secure and transfer driver profiles and settings from one car to another and bring productivity software applications inside cars.

The companies will also work on other futuristic technologies like Tesla’s over-the-air software update service, which will be able to introduce features like autonomous drive software. Remote controlling and monitoring of vehicles will also be one of the projects Microsoft and Renault-Nissan will be cooking up together.

Renault-Nissan’s plans of building a self-driving car by 2020 have surely got a boost up with Microsoft’s mix of technologies. The Renault-Nissan alliance has been hard at work in getting its self-driving automobiles out in the open as soon as possible. It was with this aim in mind, that the group hired former Nokia executive Ogi Redzic to lead its connected car efforts.

If things go as planned, the first batch of 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology will be released by 2020. More cars are expected to follow later depending upon the results from the first crop.