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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.
A raft of automakers including GM, Ford, Toyota and Volkswagenare developing computer-controlled features that help drivers avoid accidents.
Reuters