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Google, IBM to work with German company for 'self-driving' cars

German automotive parts maker Continental AG is close to agreeing alliances with Google and IBM to develop autonomous driving systems for cars, a German newspaper reported

FP Archives|Aug 21, 2013, 21:49:57 IST

Frankfurt: German automotive parts maker Continental AGis close to agreeing alliances with Googleand IBMto develop autonomous driving systems for cars, a German newspaper reported.

Daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cited unspecified sources as saying Continental aims to unveil the two pacts at the Frankfurt Car Show in September.

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Continental is already in an alliance with U.S. network equipment maker Cisco Systemsto work on systems for automated and driverless automobiles and on data transfer between cars.

A Continental spokesman declined to comment. Spokespeople for Google and IBM in Germany were not immediately available for comment.

Google has been working on self-driving technology since 2010, including testing a fleet of self-driving cars along California roadways.

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