Mercedes-Benz Inaugurates Electric Software Hub In Germany

  • Mercedes-Benz Group AG DMLRY inaugurated a new €200 million ($217 million) Electric Software Hub in Sindelfingen, Germany.
  • The center is part of a broader effort by Mercedes-Benz to streamline its software strategy from a patchwork approach bringing in technology from a wide range of suppliers to controlling the core of its software offering itself, Reuters reports.
  • Around 750 of the 3,000 new hires to develop the operating system were hired in Sindelfingen, working on features from in-vehicle entertainment to autonomous driving.
  • Mercedes is 600 unfilled vacancies away from achieving its goal of a global team of 10,000 software engineers in Berlin, China, India, Israel, Japan, and the U.S.
  • Price Action: DMLRY shares traded higher by 0.23% at $17.09 on the last check Friday.
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