German automotive parts maker Continental AG is close to agreeing alliances with Google and IBM to develop autonomous driving systems for cars, a German newspaper reported.
Daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cited unspecified sources as saying Continental aims to unveil the two pacts at the Frankfurt Car Show in September.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Audi and Toyota unveiled their self-driving concept cars.
Ferrari opened an online auction at ferraristore.com back in June, to raise funds for the families of the victims of the earthquakes that rocked the Emilia-Romagna region in May. The most interesting item to hit the auction was a 599XX Evo with a commercial value of €1.3 million.
