Renault has partnered with IT services firm Atos to provide cars with mobility solutions, which will enable drivers to use touchscreen R-Link tablets built into the vehicles.
The built-in devices will allow drivers to shop while on the move thanks to the R-Link cloud services platform. Connectivity will be handled by Orange Business Services, allowing the services offered to be updated at regular intervals.
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"Our relationship with time and space is changing rapidly; we are becoming increasingly mobile, connected, demanding, including when we are in our car. With R-Link, Renault aims to offer customers not only the car that suits them, but in addition the most cutting edge personalized and interactive services, at the best price, creating a global partner ecosystem with a winning business model," said Jean-François Martin, Director of Renault Services International
"Atos Worldline have proved themselves to us having been our partners since the start of the project, marking a break with the traditional practices of Renault and a new era in our relationship with our clients."
Marc-Henri Desportes, executive committee member at Atos, said that the firm is pleased to be working with Renault.
"As a long-standing partner of Renault, we are proud to support construction of the R-Link project, which aims to improve the experience of the driver and customer relations by implementing new contextual mobility services," he said.
"Mobility is a strategic investment area for Atos. We help our customers to make contextual mobility services into a direct and sustainable competitive advantage, which opens up new possibilities for all business sectors," Desportes added.
