Renault-Nissan alliance has opened the Nissan Research Center Silicon Valley (NRC-SV) in California, US to develop the self driving and connected cars.
The center is a part of the Nissan's plan to expand and localize its research and development (R&D) function in strategic markets.
The initial projects that researchers will pursue include research of autonomous driving vehicles, research of connected vehicles that can tap into infrastructure and the Internet, and research in the area of Human Machine Interface.
Nissan Research and Development executive vice president Mitsuhiko Yamashita said, "As we continue to expand our R&D capabilities throughout the world, we aggressively pursue our activities to create new values of mobility, by harnessing the latest information and communication technologies here in our new research center in Silicon Valley."
The research teams from the alliance's Mountain View office will continue their work at the new Silicon Valley research center, which will work in collaboration with Nissan Research Center in Japan.
Additionally the company is planning development of connected vehicle services and the design of user interface systems to support the above researches.
