Volkswagen, Google Cooperate on Quantum Computing in Tech Push
- VW to explore artificial intelligence and traffic management
- Carmaker seeks to expand technology heft beyond manufacturing
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Volkswagen AG plans three research projects on a Google quantum computer as part of the German automaker’s push to develop new digital features for cars and broaden its technological heft beyond manufacturing and selling vehicles.
The projects include refining traffic-management systems, simulating the structure of electric-car batteries and other materials as well as artificial intelligence for autonomous driving, Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen said Tuesday in a statement.