Autonomous cars are computers, which is why Detroit and Germany are partnering with Silicon Valley and rapidly becoming technology companies themselves. While many core driverless technologies were developed in the West, many are open source, enabling China to catch up quickly. Accelerating the pace, the government last year launched a national public-private strategy to lead the world in key fields of artificial intelligence. （Why This Country Will Be First To Adopt Driverless Cars, by Forbes）
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The technology of autonomous cars has always been a hot topic, which is regarded as another major revolution in the future automobile industry. Therefore, Chinese automobile companies should make efforts to build autonomous cars with their own IPRs in order to seize the opportunity of development in the future.
（Editor Li Xingyi）
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