China may be the future for Mercedes-Benz

Autonomous driving research in China is getting a boost from Mercedes-Benz and Tencent, who on Monday announced a partnership that will include construction of a joint autonomous driving research lab.  In a statement released on WeChat, Tencent announced the pair would be exploring autonomous driving toolchains, verification …

[steviebuk]

Keep an eye out for

A Nercedes-Denz that a totally separate Chinese company will come out with that will, oddly, look exactly like a Mercedes-Benz.

When will these companies learn to not partner with Chinese companies while Winnie the Pooh is in charge.

[Mark Exclamation]

China: "MB, all your worldly R&Ds belong to us."

[Securitymoose]

And when China invades Taiwan?

Will they be given the same treatment as Russia vs Ukraine, and MB lose their deposit?

Short term blinkers by Merc, presumably the same bunch who used to rely on Russia for just about all of their energy?

"Oh dear, we never saw that one coming, Otto," will be engraved on their candles this winter.

[MachDiamond]

Oh, I don't know....

There are lots of people in China and there's going to be some accidents as all of this autonomous driving stuff is developed.........

[Anonymous Coward]

there's no doubt china has a big market but I don't think it'll be "the future"