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Before the deployment of SAE Level 4 vehicles arrives, a host of connected-car services will leverage a cloud
infrastructure, managing data that will benefit the AV development cycle.

AWS technology partner Autonomic, which has created
a " Transportation Mobility Cloud " (TMC) that will be
powered by AWS. According to Ford, this setup will
provide its software developers the cloud infrastructure
needed to build connected vehicle services at scale.
Autonomic claims its TMC is vehicle-brand
agnostic, allowing any automaker or application developers to leverage the cloud, without the time and investment required to build their own connectivity layer.
" One of the many goals we have in common is to build
a cohesive framework for vehicle makers and developers, " explained Gavin Sherry, co-founder and CEO
of Autonomic. He noted that the strategic collaboration
with AWS will greatly expand its platforms' capability,
letting clients instead focus on creating experiences that
will differentiate them in the marketplace.
Also aligning with Amazon is Toyota, which
announced in August 2020 that it was strengthening
its global collaboration with AWS to help expand its
Mobility Services Platform (MSPF). The MSPF is
Toyota's engineering ecosystem to develop and deploy
the next generation of its cloud-connected vehicles.
Toyota is using AWS to help process and analyze data
from its worldwide fleet of connected vehicles. The
automaker is applying it in the near term towards
connected-vehicle developments including car share,
rideshare and driving-behavior-based insurance.

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" Connectivity drives all of the processes of development, production, sales and service in the automotive
business, " said Shigeki Tomoyama, chief information and
security officer and chief production officer at Toyota
Motor Corp. The expanding relationship with AWS,
Tomoyama noted, will help Toyota strengthen its vehicle
data platform and CASE (Connected, Autonomous,
Shared, Electric) activities, helping build a data-sharing
foundation to accelerate its CASE technologies.
Both Hyundai and Stellantis already have strong
ties to Waymo, an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary and
Google's parent company. Stellantis has connection
via FCA's previous commitments to Waymo and its
autonomous fleet development. Though nothing has
been announced, OEMs maintaining relationships
with Waymo could almost certainly engage the services
of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

GM/Cruise and Microsoft

GM and its autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise
announced its cloud alignment with Microsoft in January
2021, teaming to " commercialize self-driving vehicles. "
According to GM, they have entered a long-term strategic
relationship to bring together their software/hardware
engineering expertise and cloud computing capabilities.
GM also noted it will work with Microsoft as
its preferred public cloud provider to accelerate its

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