Volkswagen Plans to Challenge Google With Own Autonomous Car Software

Volkswagen Plans to Challenge Google With Own Autonomous Car Software
A Volkswagen logo appears on the wheel of a VW Passat GTE Variant on display at the annual general meeting of German car manufacturing giant Volkswagen in Berlin on May 14, 2019. John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images
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HAMBURG—Volkswagen plans to develop most of the software needed for autonomous cars in-house, the head of the German carmaker’s luxury unit Audi said on Tuesday.

The carmaker is not rejecting collaborations in some areas outright, said Markus Duesmann, who as well as running Audi is also on Volkswagen’s management board, where he is responsible for research and development.