~With US Interstates and Highways, now 360,000km covered globally~
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 5, 2017 - TomTom (TOM2) today announced that it has completed the expansion of its High Definition (HD) Map product to cover all highways in Western Europe. That’s 175,000km of highways across 19 countries*, bringing the total coverage of TomTom’s HD Map and RoadDNA for autonomous driving to 360,000km worldwide.

TomTom HD Map and RoadDNA are two revolutionary, highly accurate digital map products helping automated vehicles precisely locate themselves on the road and plan manoeuvres, even when traveling at high speeds.

Customers and partners will now be able to test the TomTom HD Map and RoadDNA in a variety of different driving environments – for example, in the differing weather conditions found in Scandinavia and Southern Europe.

In March this year, TomTom announced the completion of its HD Map for the entire mainland US interstate and highway network** – a total of 185,000km. The availability cements TomTom’s leadership in location technology for autonomous vehicles, with the majority of OEMs already evaluating the technology for their autonomous vehicle projects.

Willem Strijbosch, Head of Autonomous Driving at TomTom, said: “It’s a significant milestone to have completed the full highway road network in Western Europe as well as in the United States. TomTom’s HD Map and RoadDNA will enable OEMs to roll-out ADAS and autonomous driving systems that work consistently across the road networks – essential for accelerating of the future of driving.”

ABI Research Managing Director Dominique Bonte, comments: “With the availability of HD Maps for all highways in Europe, TomTom confirms its position as a global leader in supporting operational autonomous vehicle testing, which is accelerating across the globe.”

The latest expansion brings TomTom’s global HD Map and RoadDNA coverage to 360,000 kilometres, including:

Interstates and highways in 48 U.S. states plus Washington DC (185,000km)
Highways in Western Europe (175,00km)
*19 Countries: France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and San Marino.

**Mainland/Contiguous US: 48 states + Washington DC. Does not include Hawaii and Alaska.

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TomTom and Baidu Join Forces to Develop Unified High Definition Maps for Autonomous Driving.
~ Move to global standard in high definition maps to accelerate future of driving ~

Baidu Create AI Developer Conference, Beijing, China, July 5 2017 TomTom (TOM2) and Baidu (BIDU) announced today that they have joined forces to develop high definition (HD) maps for autonomous driving. Their collaboration on the development of a global HD map service combines TomTom and Baidu’s expertise in HD map-making and artificial intelligence (AI). Baidu will leverage TomTom’s Real-Time Map Platform to improve HD map-related technologies utilised in China.

TomTom’s HD Map and RoadDNA are two revolutionary, highly accurate, digital map products helping automated vehicles precisely locate themselves on the road and plan manoeuvres, even when traveling at high speeds. TomTom’s HD Map already covers the USA* and Western Europe**, with over 360,000km of highways and interstates mapped. TomTom already sets a worldwide standard with TomTom real-time mapping technology that helps enable safe autonomous driving.

Harold Goddijn, CEO, TomTom, said: “With Baidu moving to TomTom’s map making platform for high definition maps, we’re creating a globally unified HD map service for OEMs and technology companies who are working on the future of driving. We are convinced that we can accelerate this future with smart partners like Baidu.”

Qi Lu, COO, Baidu, commented: “Autonomous driving is a paradigm shift for the automotive industry, and engineering and testing the systems to make it a reality is much less effort when those systems are globally identical. Our collaboration with TomTom creates a uniform global component in the form of a single HD map service, and further advances our open source self-driving car programme, Apollo.”

Baidu is a leading artificial intelligence company and a major mapping service provider in China. Leveraging its resource and capabilities in AI, the company has been developing HD maps since 2013, using smart technologies such as deep learning to help automate data processing and map creation. This past April, Baidu announced its open source autonomous driving platform, Apollo. The project aims to build a collaborative ecosystem for companies to work together and to promote the development and popularisation of autonomous driving technology.

This announcement will not have a material financial impact on the current fiscal year. Entering into this partnership is in line with TomTom’s strategy and is beneficial to its long-term development.

*Mainland/Contiguous US: 48 states + Washington DC. Does not include Hawaii and Alaska.

**19 Countries: France, Germany, UK, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Portugal, Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and San Marino.

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