The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Microsoft have signed a connected driving global, multiyear agreement to partner on next-generation connected car technologies. The companies will work together to develop connected services for cars powered by Microsoft Azure, one of the company's intelligent cloud offerings. These new services will focus on advanced navigation, predictive maintenance and vehicle centric services, remote monitoring of car features, external mobile experiences and over-the-air updates.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance aims to develop connectivity technologies and features to support the launch of more than 10 vehicles with autonomous driving technology by 2020 with services to maximize better use of newly found in-car free time.

Renault-Nissan will develop and launch new connected services and applications that make it easier for people to stay connected to work, entertainment and social networks, and offer vehicle centric services that will simplify and enhance engagement with the car through usage-based information, remote access, remote diagnostics and preventive maintenance.