BlackBerry Joins Self-Driving Car Race With Its Own Software

  • Company extending QNX operating system to autonomous cars
  • BlackBerry tries to catch up to Apple, Google, Tesla

BlackBerry's Self-Driving Car Plans

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BlackBerry Ltd. laid out its plans Wednesday for building autonomous car software, jumping into a race with the likes of Apple Inc., Google and Tesla Motors Inc. to capture a piece of the ballooning industry.

The company’s QNX software division showed off demo cars that can scan for obstacles, keep from straying from a highway lane and communicate wirelessly with nearby vehicles to avoid accidents, using tools developed by other software and hardware companies on the QNX operating system.