According to media reports, Volkswagen’s software division Cariad will join forces with a major domestic player in China for artificial intelligence and automated driving. To this end, the Group wants to invest up to €2 billion in a joint venture with the AI company Horizon Robotics from Beijing. The German Manager Magazin reported on plans to this effect. According to group sources, the move would be a key building block in the digitalization and China strategy of Europe’s largest car group. A formal decision is still pending.