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I would take this with a grain of salt for now. This would be pretty far down the road when stuff like inductive wireless charging for autos is somewhat standardized and there would be obvious cost savings on that sort of shared technology (like Qi for cell phones). The joint venture for autonomous vehicles is similar to this, with an optimized road infrastructure for autonomous cars more likely in the distant future.
BMW and Toyota/Lexus will probably share engineering/manufacturing on more than just the supra. Similar to Mercedes with Nissan/Infiniti and I'm not 100% if Renault is involved with them. This could be another potential conflict. Two very large corporations working together could have a lot of weight/influence in not only the German, but international governments. I think it is smart to be open to talks, but likely there will be too many obstacles or conflict of interest... in my opinion.
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