Aug. 29 at 12:50 AM
Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are expected to reach an agreement, potentially as soon as Monday, to jointly develop a shared operating system and onboard computer for new vehicles starting in 2029, Japan’s Nikkei reported Saturday.
Honda said no agreement has been finalized and that it is evaluating “possible areas of collaboration” with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors. Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa said earlier this month that the company was exploring potential software cooperation with Honda.
The potential partnership comes more than a year after Nissan and Honda ended merger talks that could have created an automaker valued at around
$60 billion. A joint software and computing platform would allow the companies to share development costs and resources as automakers face rising investment requirements for connected and software-defined vehicles.
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