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Volkswagen Plays With Quantum Computer
Showing it’s serious about advancing tech development, Volkswagen is teaming up with Google and a quantum computer. If you’re not aware, quantum computers can solve technical problems faster, and sometimes produce results not possible with any other tool.
The Volkswagen Group wants to work on three areas with this Google quantum computer. One is to create better artificial intelligence through an improved machine learning process. Tesla CEO Elon Musk might be preaching such a thing will end humanity, but VW seems to disagree.
VW also will work on traffic optimization. If you live in a major metropolitan area, that’s great news, if it works. Studies show traffic is only getting worse in the biggest cities, so something needs to change.
Finally, Volkswagen is looking for ways to use new materials more effectively. That means different structures or ways of designing vehicle components. It also will apply to batteries for electric cars, because the current ones are too big, heavy, and not potent enough.
We may never hear about this project again. If so, that means it didn’t really go anywhere. It may produce a few little changes to vehicles or there’s a possibility, although not a high probability, that Volkswagen will fundamentally change the automobile with Google’s help.
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