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The tools of trade to be developed by Garmin for Volvo will include marine instrumentation, navigation, and communication equipment. The two companies will be selling the products as part of fully integrated drive systems and instruments.
"The Volvo Penta and Garmin strategic alliance will provide our mutual customers access to state-of-the-art communication technology and a complete programme of multifunctional instruments which will significantly strengthen our world-leading position when it comes to complete, integrated drive systems for boats," said Goran Gummeson, Volvo Penta president.
Volvo Penta plans to use Garmin's expertise to enhance the systems that have already been developed by the Swedish company. Building on the existing joystick control and the Dynamic Positioning System (all part of the Electronic Vessel Control - EVC array of systems), Volvo plans to roll out a more comfortable, intuitive driving system.
The exact details of the systems to be developed by the two have not been released, nor was a time frame for the launch of the first jointly developed technologies.
"Driving a boat should be easy. It should be enough simply to press the start button to power the entire system - in much the same way as a passenger car. The better we are at offering technology that simplifies boating, the greater our potential to attract new customer groups," added Gummeson.
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