By Abhirup Roy and Rachel More

PALO ALTO (Reuters) -Volkswagen Group said on Wednesday the technology it is developing with U.S. electric-vehicle maker Rivian Automotive could eventually be used in its internal combustion engine vehicles.

Integration of software and electronics across platforms is crucial for Volkswagen, which has struggled to unify its technology architecture across brands after repeated delays at its in house software unit, Cariad.

The German automaker is counting on its partnership with Rivian to accelerate development of a scalable, next-generation vehicle platform and close the gap with rivals like Tesla and Chinese rivals.

“For sure, it is an extremely capable architecture and we could allow for future use to also use it for ICE, but as we already outlined our cl

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