China pushes homegrown GPS for connected cars

Beidou system touted as tech rivalry with America heats up

SHUNSUKE TABETA, Nikkei staff writer

BEIJING -- China is encouraging carmakers to adopt the domestically developed Beidou satellite navigation system in their automated vehicles and other connected cars, apparently to steer them away from the U.S. government's GPS.

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