By Johan BODINIER and Anna Peverieri
(Reuters) -French software group Dassault Systemes on Tuesday announced a long-term partnership with Volkswagen to accelerate the German automaker’s transition towards software defined vehicles.
Dassault’s flagship software platform 3DEXPERIENCE was selected by Volkswagen as its main engineering and manufacturing platform, the French company said.
“Volkswagen selected us to standardize engineering and manufacturing for the entire group to accelerate time to market, and the transition to software defined vehicle,” Dassault’s finance chief Rouven Bergmann said in a press call.
The companies did not disclose financial details of the deal.
(Reporting by Anna Peverieri and Johan Bodinier in Gdansk; Editing by Milla Nissi)
