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Self-driving car from Nokia

28.08.2013

Nokia is going deeper into the automotive market, although there is no talk of developing its own car yet, according to GigaOM, citing Michael Halbherr, executive vice president of Nokia's Location & Commerce division.

Nokia is a major provider of digital maps and traffic information for in-vehicle navigation systems - in 2008 it acquired US-based Navteq for $8,1 billion. Navteq has been part of Location & Commerce since 2011 . Navteq is currently used by people in 196 countries on 6 continents.

At the same time, Halber believes that Nokia will go far beyond digital maps and leverage existing relationships with automakers for new beginnings. He did not specify what kind of undertakings he is talking about, but GigaOM writes that Nokia is hatching plans to create an autonomous vehicle control system (control system without driver participation).

Such a system was introduced in 2010 by Google, which has its own mapping division. According to the latest information, she was unable to agree with manufacturers on the integration of this system, so the company decided to create its own car.

Nokia believes that such cars can be integrated into the infrastructure and be part of "smart" cities. The route of movement of such vehicles may depend not only on traffic, but also on environmental requirements - that is, be such that carbon dioxide emissions from the operation of these vehicles are minimal.

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