Daimler open to sharing battery cell design with rivals

GENEVA (Reuters)-
Ola Kaellenius, R & D director, said on Tuesday that Daimler is willing to work with its competitors to design electric vehicle batteries because it is difficult for automakers to reduce the cost of launching electric vehicles.
Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz has designated 20 billion euros ($22. 65 billion)
In order to buy batteries from suppliers and are exploring development partnerships with rival BMW in the field of self-driving cars to reduce its R & D costs.
Asked if Daimler could merge with rival BMW to buy the battery, Kaellenius declined to comment, but said: \"I do not rule out this possibility if there is a format suitable for our vehicle. ”($1 = 0. 8828 euros)