BlackBerry joins self-driving vehicle race
OTTAWA – BlackBerry switched gears Monday, opening the doors on a new research centre dedicated to self-driving and connected vehicles.The BlackBerry QNX Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Centre (AVIC), housed within the BlackBerry QNX facility in Ottawa, will develop production-ready software independently and in collaboration with partners in the private and public sector to accelerate the realization of connected and self-driving vehicles, the one-time smartphone maker said Monday.BlackBerry, which recently received Ministry of Transportation of Ontario approval for a pilot program testing autonomous vehicles on Ontario roads, said that the centre will support this pilot as well as BlackBerry QNX's work with...
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