Volkswagen Group of America has joined other automakers focused on developing standards and best practices for testing and deploying highly automated vehicles.
"It's important that the industry work together in the development of standards and best practices for automated driving," said Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, chief engineering officer for Volkswagen's North American Region, in a statement.
In July, Volkswagen announced its investment of $2.6 billion in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle platform company. The deal, part of an agreement with Ford Motor Co., is still awaiting anti-trust approvals worldwide.
The two automakers have unveiled plans to cooperate related to the development of electric and autonomous vehicles.
Last month, Volkswagen broke ground on a new $800 million electric vehicle production facility in Chattanooga. The company will build a battery-powered SUV starting in 2022 at the new operation that will go up adjacent to its existing factory that builds the Passat sedan, Atlas SUV and Atlas Cross Sport.