Today’s car companies are absolutely gigantic corporate overlords, so it’s interesting when two of the very biggest hit on a problem they feel they don’t have the money to do alone. As such, VW and Toyota are partnering up to develop self-driving trucks.
The key line is that the two companies feel a “sense of urgency,” as the Financial Times reports today. Toyota especially stressed the need for this joint venture, which is kind of wild knowing how colossal each company’s R&D budgets must be. Certainly they are each spending billions on getting self-driving vehicles on the road.
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