Toyota hitches its cloud aspirations to Amazon

Automaker adopts multicloud strategy to advance next-generation vehicles

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Toyota Motor and Amazon Web Services are deepening their ties. (Photos by Kazuyuki Okudaira)

KAZUYUKI OKUDAIRA, Nikkei staff writer

PALO ALTO, U.S. -- Toyota Motor has partnered with Amazon to analyze data collected through its connected vehicles to develop new auto-related services.

Toyota announced Monday that it is expanding its collaboration with Amazon Web Services. The automaker aims to install data communication modules in all new cars sold in Japan, China and the U.S. by the end of the year, and will analyze the collected data using the Amazon.com unit's cloud.

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