Amazon signs cloud deal with Toyota

(Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s cloud computing unit is expanding its partnership with Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> to support the automaker’s unit that develops services, including passenger safety-related, the companies said on Monday.

Amazon Web Services, one of the company’s fastest-growing, highest-margin businesses, would provide a platform for Toyota to manage, analyze and, in some cases, monetize data.

In the automotive sector, Amazon has previously partnered with automotive suppliers such as Aptiv, Panasonic Corp and Nvidia Corp, big transportation providers such as Uber and Avis, and self-driving heavy truck startups Embark and China’s TuSimple.

(Reporting by Neha Malara in Bengaluru; Editing by Vinay Dwivedi)