Driving spirit: 'Our impression was that these companies can do more and know more than we had previously assumed. At the same time they have more respect for our achievements than we thought,' Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told German weekly Welt am Sonntag. — Reuters
FRANKFURT: Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche told German weekly Welt am Sonntag that a recent trip to Silicon Valley revealed that Apple and Google have made more progress on automotive projects than he had assumed
Several carmakers and silicon valley companies are working on developing a self-driving car. Google tested its own prototype vehicle in 2012, to which Daimler's luxury brand Mercedes-Benz responded by developing an S-Class limousine which drove 103 kilometers without needing any driver input.
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