Renault, Google to make cars ‘like mobile phones’

The steering console and dashboard control widgets on the dashboard of a Renault Scenic Vision hybrid concept vehicle on day two of the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France, on Oct 18, 2022. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Renault SA is deepening its collaboration with Alphabet Inc’s Google in a bid to extend capabilities on remote software updates to new models, such as the electric Megane E-Tech and Austral.

“We want to make the car an intelligent object that learns and one that can be upgraded over the air like a mobile phone,” Renault Chief Executive Officer Luca de Meo said in an interview.