An announcement was made by BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover today, the two companies have entered into a collaboration agreement for developing technology for the automatic giants forthcoming vehicles.

Under the agreement, BlackBerry will be licensing its Certicom and QNX technology to JLR and provide support by assigning a team of engineers to develop a new ECU or Electronic Control Unit module. The first among the ECU project will focus on a next-gen infotainment system.

Focusing on the best in connected vehicles

Dave Nesbitt, Director of Vehicle Engineering at JLR stated that working with BB will help JLR to develop secure and safe next-gen connected cars that JLR’s customers are wanting. He added that working in unison with BlackBerry engineers, JLR can access the most up-to-date and dynamic software in order to ensure highest levels of security needed for connected vehicles of the company.

Working on enhanced driving experience for customers

John Wall, Senior Vice President at BlackBerry added further that his company was going through a pivotal moment where innovative automobile manufacturers like JLR are realizing the need to be actively involved in defining software architecture for the modern day vehicles. Autonomous and connected vehicles are designed to react and drive with the help of rich data. The BlackBerry platform helps in efficient processing of the data and keeping it trusted and secure. John Wall added that BlackBerry was incredibly honored to be working with Jaguar Land Rover and that he looked forward to the teams of both companies working closely together to provide an enhanced driving experience to JLR customers.

BlackBerry leads in safety, security and reliability

BlackBerry is a leader in secure, reliable and safety-certified software for the automobile industry and presently provides OEMs across the globe incorporating state-of-the-art technology for mitigating and protecting hardware, applications and software as well as end-to-end systems from potential cyber attacks. BlackBerry’s reputation in security as well as continuing innovation has led the company to recent wins in automotive designs with Delphi, Baidu, NVIDIA, Denso, Visteon, Qualcomm and others.

Terms of the current agreement between Jaguar Land Rover which is presently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Indian automotive major Tata Motors and BlackBerry are confidential and you can visit BlackBerry.com for more.

Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is the largest automobile manufacturer in the UK and owns 2 major British Car brands. Land Rover is the leading maker of premium 4 wheel drive automobiles while Jaguar represents one among the world’s premium luxury sports car and sports saloon.

JLR employs over 43,000 people across the globe and support more than 240,000 people through its network of suppliers, dealers and local businesses. Manufacturing activities of JLR is centered in the United Kingdom while additional plants are located in Brazil, China, Slovakia and Austria.

Beginning 2020 all vehicles from JLR will run on electricity offering more choice to its customers. The company is also planning to introduce an array of electric vehicles across its models embracing mild-hybrid, fully hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The ultra-clean diesel and petrol engines would however continue to be offered to customers.