BMW and Volkswagen Attempt to Hammer Apple and Google at Their Own Game

FRANKFURT — Volkswagen is delving into quantum computing. BMW is building a giant fresh data center. And Bosch this week announced plans to construct a factory to build chips for self-driving cars.

The moves are part of an expanding effort by European carmakers and suppliers to build the computing capacity — so-called big data — they will need as vehicles digitize and become driverless. Continue reading →