Companies unite on autonomous car OS to challenge Google

Toyota, LG and other concerns form foundation to develop open-source system

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Developing operating systems for autonomous cars has become a pressing need for automakers in order to commercialize vehicles such as Toyota's Concept-i.

KAZUYUKI OKUDAIRA, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- Asian companies, including a Toyota Motor subsidiary and LG Electronics of South Korea, have joined hands with U.S. and European companies in the development of an "open source" operating system for autonomous driving cars.

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