Faurecia and ZF enter in a Strategic Partnership
- Integrated Safety for Autonomous Driving
- Advanced safety technologies for cockpits of the future
The collaboration will be based on shared expertise and competencies and will involve no capital exchange. “Networked ecosystems are not only at home in Silicon Valley,” said Dr. Sommer, “ZF and Faurecia believe that the ecosystem philosophy also works between Paris and Friedrichshafen to provide a unique offer to our customers everywhere in the world.”
Patrick Koller added: “Our customers will benefit greatly from this partnership. Together, we can offer complete interior safety features to meet the future challenges which will allow the interior of the future to be safe, connected, versatile and predictive.” Depending on customer preferences both companies will also continue to work independently on current and upcoming projects.
Highly flexible and comfortable interiors which still offer the highest active and passive safety will be the key drivers for the adoption of different interior configurations. In particular, the seats will integrate a significant part of the safety devices enabling them to swivel and recline or allowing an efficient return to driving mode..
