The software services firm Wipro has opened an automotive innovation centre in Detroit, Michigan to tap the automotive community and allied industry.
The company is based in Bengaluru and stated that the state-of-the-art technology hub would deepenWipro’s relationship with Detroit’s automotive community, develop and showcase next-generation technologies and solutions for automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), tier I suppliers, insurers, technology companies and others.
During the starting days of 2017, Wipro opened an automotive engineering centre in Detroit, which leverages local talent for design, development and validation of automotive cockpit electronic products such as navigation systems, connectivity systems and end-to-end connected vehicle solutions.
“The convergence of automotive and digital tech is more important now, than ever before, to software services create a new ecosystem that will drive the new rules of success for automotive manufacturers and suppliers,” Milan Rao, President – Marketing, Innovation& Technology and Global Head – Manufacturing & Communications Business,an Wipro stated.
The company said the hub would evangelize connected vehicle technologies with In-vehicle Human MachineInterface (HMI), on-board sensor data management, big data insights showcase next-user mobile apps for delivering personalized driving or mobility experiences.