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QUANTUM computing could come to cars as tech meets industry. We have seen the auto giants and the tech industries fall over themselves to create alliances in recent years.

Google and Volkswagen have come together to investigate ways of using the surge in processing speed from quantum computers to help with traffic flows and autonomous driving.

While quantum computing is still in its infancy, it employs some of the less intuitive processes of quantum physics to accelerate computer calculations to speeds far faster than conventional technology.

Volkswagen’s IT department wants to use the extra processing speed to develop new structures for high-performance battery materials, artificial intelligence and machine learning and traffic flows for self-driving cars.