The pair began collaborating on what they called BMW Group China High Performance D3 Platform, which is scheduled to begin operations by the end of the year, according to a statement on Friday.

Tencent operates one of the largest cloud platforms in China, providing services from data storage to online computing.

The Chinese government has targeted large-scale adoption of early-stage autonomous vehicles to begin next year, and wants 10% of all new vehicles sold by 2030 to be fully autonomous.

China’s market for smart and internet-connected vehicles will generate 100 billion yuan (US$15 billion) in revenue by next year, the government forecasts.