Environmental factors outside of the control of autonomous vehicles can cause unforeseen dangers to arise. To address such hazards, Bosch and Foreca have teamed up on an important program that aims to make local road conditions easier to predict.

Interestingly, Finland-based Foreca specializes in weather forecasts and is currently contracted by Microsoft to provide weather-related content for its websites. The company has also worked with BMW and Daimler on automotive projects involving weather predictions for cars.
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