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Ford's Autonomic and Alibaba Cloud partner to enhance mobility experiences for Chinese consumers

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Autonomic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC, and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring to China the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC), a transportation and mobility solution for connected vehicles developed by Autonomic.
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Autonomic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility LLC, and Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to bring to China the Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC), a transportation and mobility solution for connected vehicles developed by Autonomic.

Peter Fleet, Ford group vice president and president of Ford Asia Pacific, and Simon Hu, president of Alibaba Cloud, witnessed the signing in Shanghai. Gavin Sherry, co-founder and CEO of Autonomic, and Liu Fei, director of Automobile Division, Alibaba Cloud, signed the MOU on behalf of both organisations.

Enabled by Alibaba Cloud, the TMC will serve as an open, cloud-based platform that provides standardised data and infrastructure for developers to quickly build value-added software programs for interacting with connected vehicles. This new software could help deliver a better in-vehicle connectivity and mobility experience for Chinese consumers, such as helping residents plan transit journeys, managing a large-scale fleet for a ride-hailing business, and even routing self-driving cars on busy streets.

Autonomic and Alibaba Cloud believe this partnership will be instrumental in shaping China's transportation ecosystem by empowering multiple parties, including automakers, public transit operators and large-scale fleet operators and software developers, to enhance their vehicle connectivity and mobility experiences for Chinese customers.

Both companies also agreed to explore new collaboration opportunities in the transportation and mobility sectors, with the ultimate goal of creating a safer, more efficient and sustainable transportation ecosystem in China.

"The TMC is positioned to help automakers succeed and meet growing demand for connected vehicles and mobility services in China," said Gavin Sherry, co-founder, and CEO of Autonomic. "Through this partnership with Alibaba Cloud, we will accelerate our vision of creating the largest connected vehicle offering globally, while powering smart cities and vehicle connectivity in China."

"Alibaba Cloud and Autonomic share the same vision of redefining the future of vehicle connectivity through technology," said Simon Hu from Alibaba Cloud. "With our new collaboration, we will be able to empower the transportation ecosystem and ultimately benefit the end users."

Last December, Ford and Alibaba signed a Letter of Intent, agreeing to jointly explore a variety of areas of cooperation including mobility services, connectivity, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and digital marketing as an effort to revolutionise consumers' mobility experiences in China.


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