The three German carmakers which now own Nokia’s former mapping business, Here, are keen to turn their new jewel into a broad industry platform which they control. Daimler, Audi and BMW, by acquiring Here, have a powerful weapon to build a de facto standard that is driven by the auto industry, not by Google, but that requires support from other car giants too. According to Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche, Renault-Nissan is already in talks, as is telematics company Continental. Broadening the Here consortium would not only increase momentum but spread the costs of developing new software, in areas like driverless cars, and of continuing to enhance its digital mapping and navigation platform. He said Here is already discussing 5G developments…