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The hiring comes as part of a broader drive to recruit a total of 3,000 programmers worldwide to strengthen Daimler’s software hubs in centres including Berli, Tel Aviv, Seattle and Beijing, the weekly magazine reported.
Daimler’s MBOS system, which will run electric-only vehicles, is expected to hit the market in 2024 as Daimler takes on electric-only rival Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and seeks to resist encroachment by Silicon Valley into the automotive industry.
“With this system, Mercedes-Benz has the central control of all vehicle domains and thus the customer interfaces,” Sajjad Khan, chief technology officer at Daimler’s flagship Mercedes brand, was quoted as saying by Automobilwoche.
