Samsung gets go ahead to test self-driving cars in California
Samsung gets go ahead to test self-driving cars in California
Samsung Electronics has joined the self-driving car race in California with a permit from the state to test the technology on the home turf of Tesla, Google, and Apple.
A California Department of Motor Vehicles website on Thursday showed that the South Korean consumer technology giant’s name had been added to a list of more than three dozen companies with permits to test self-driving cars in the state.
Names on the list included major car makers, Apple, Baidu, Tesla, and Waymo, which is owned by Google-parent Alphabet.
Samsung Electronics early this year got approval in South Korea to test the technology on roads in that country, according to media there.
Samsung Electronics last year announced a deal to buy US auto parts maker Harman International Industries for $8 billion in a bid to enter the growing market for automotive technology to produce “connected” cars.
Samsung described the deal as a chance to build a strong foundation in a self-driving car technology expected to boom in the years ahead.
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