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BMW, Audi, and Mercedes Want to Buy Nokia's Here Mapping Group

posted by CoolHand on Thursday May 07 2015, @10:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the battle-of-the-corporate-giants dept.

sigma writes:

In a move that could backfire badly, car manufacturers are working together to buy control of Nokia maps with the intent of blocking Google's development of software for self-driving vehicles. The auto-makers consider open sourced autonomous vehicles to be an existential threat to their existing business, and are prepared to pay Nokia more than two billion dollars to stymie the disruptive technology.

“The greatest threat to the automobile industry would be if Google developed an operating system for self-driving cars and made it available free to everyone,” said one source speaking with the WSJ.

http://jalopnik.com/bmw-audi-and-mercedes-benz-want-to-buy-nokia-s-maps-t-1702660909

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @07:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @07:11AM (#180224)

    How many times have you broken traffic rules and overspeeded because you were angry at something, and in the end it helped calm you?

    That same thing often results in some innocent person involved in an accident.

    The best outcome is a tree, fire hydrant, or lighting standard takes the hit.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @08:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 08 2015, @08:28AM (#180239)

    That same thing often results in some innocent person involved in an accident.

    Not often, rarely. An angry person is full of energy and will not sleep at the wheel. One can slow down after a kilometer or two of speeding. And/or cut through traffic for a while.