Volkswagen Group recently demonstrated how it was working with D-Wave to research uses for quantum computing. We find out what the car maker is hoping to achieve.
During the recent CeBIT 2017 event in Hannover, Volkswagen Group discussed how quantum computing would be the future of IT.
The Volkswagen Group is planning to use quantum computers to bolster its digital competency programme, in a bid to create an innovative application that cannot be programmed traditionally.
The initiative, a collaboration between quantum specialist D-Labs and Volkswagen Labs in San Francisco and Munich, aims to build specialist expertise at Volkswagen and identify uses of quantum computing in the company.
“Quantum computing technology can bring tremendous progress to Volkswagen with respect to all the key IT and digitisation topics of the future. We expect a wide range of application possibilities, especially in the areas of autonomous driving , artificial intelligence-supported process control, the smart factory, machine learning and intelligent mobility,” says Martin Hofmann, CIO of Volkswagen Group.
