Toyota’s Woven Planet Buys Renovo Motors To Enhance Automated Vehicle Software
The reason Woven Planet wanted Renovo was its operating system that can run various apps that integrate automated driver assist systems, maps and other mobility services. The system, Aware OS, has been compared to Google’s Android system that enable software developers to introduce new smartphone apps.
“The acquisition of Renovo supports Woven Planet’s work in transforming worldwide mobility,” Nikos Michalakis, Woven Planet’s senior vice president of software platform, said in a statement. “A key part is to enable the most programmable vehicles on the planet, opening vehicle programming to everyone by simplifying software development.”