Renault-Nissan plans to launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology by 2020.

"Sylpheo's team of 40 engineers and consultants will bring software development and cloud engineering expertise to the organisation," said Ogi Redzic, Renault-Nissan's senior vicepresident of connected vehicles and mobility Services.

Renault-Nissan also said it had launched a recruitment campaign to hire 300 technology experts in the field.

(Reporting by Maya Nikolaeva; editing by Richard Lough)

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