TomTom acquires autonomous driving start-up

TomTom announces that it has acquired Autonomos, a Berlin-based autonomous driving start-up, in a deal that is intended to strengthen TomTom’s position in autonomous driving. Established in 2012, Autonomos has provided research and development consultancy services for automated vehicle assistance systems and has built up expertise and technologies in the process, including a full demonstration-level autonomous driving software stack, 3D sensor technology and digital image processing. With the acqui
January 18, 2017 Read time: 1 min
1692 TomTom announces that it has acquired Autonomos, a Berlin-based autonomous driving start-up, in a deal that is intended to strengthen TomTom’s position in autonomous driving.
 
Established in 2012, Autonomos has provided research and development consultancy services for automated vehicle assistance systems and has built up expertise and technologies in the process, including a full demonstration-level autonomous driving software stack, 3D sensor technology and digital image processing.
 
With the acquisition of Autonomos, TomTom is joined by a team that will advance TomTom’s map-based products for autonomous driving applications. Having an in-house autonomous driving stack will enable TomTom to better serve customers with its products, including its HD map, RoadDNA localisation technology, as well as its navigation, traffic and other cloud services.
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