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Volkswagen, Bosch to cooperate on automotive software – Handelsblatt
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Posted on December 13, 2021
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Published by maria gbaf
Posted on December 13, 2021
1 min readLast updated: January 28, 2026
Volkswagen's Cariad and Bosch are close to a software deal, with Volkswagen investing heavily to compete with Tesla and Alphabet.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s software unit Cariad and automotive supplier Bosch are nearing an agreement to cooperate on automotive software, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources.
Volkswagen plans to invest a triple-digit million euro amount as part of the deal, the paper added.
Volkswagen has bundled all its software efforts into Cariad, hoping it can challenge Tesla and Alphabet in a field in which it has not traditionally been active.
Cariad ranks high on Volkswagen’s transformation agenda, with CEO Herbert Diess taking on responsibility for the unit on the group’s management board this week as part of a reshuffle.
Diess sees software as the key future battleground of the automotive industry, ranging from operating systems to enable autonomous driving to software services that can be installed over the air.
Cariad, which gets 2.5 billion euros ($2.8 billion) in funds from Volkswagen each year, declined to comment. Bosch was not immediately available for comment.
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(Reporting by Christoph Steitz; Editing by David Holmes)
The main topic is the cooperation between Volkswagen's Cariad and Bosch on automotive software.
Volkswagen plans to invest a triple-digit million euro amount in the cooperation with Bosch.
Volkswagen sees software as a key future battleground, essential for autonomous driving and over-the-air services.
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