(Bloomberg) -- Google, following its first deal earlierthis month with a major automaker on self-driving cars, plans toopen a development center for the technology in the home of theU.S. auto industry.
|The company said Wednesday it will open a self-drivingtechnology development center in Novi, Michigan, a city about 30miles from downtown Detroit. Google is expanding efforts to makeautonomous cars at a time startups such as Uber Technologies Inc.and Comma.ai, as well as established companies like General MotorsCo. are investing in the technology.
|“Many of our current partners are based here, so having a localfacility will help us collaborate more easily and access Michigan’stop talent in vehicle development and engineering,” the companywrote in a blog post. “At this 53,000-square-foot developmentcenter, our engineers, working with local partners, will furtherdevelop and refine self-driving technology.”
|Earlier this month, Google joined with Fiat ChryslerAutomobiles NV in a plan to build 100self-driving cars based on the Chrysler Pacifica hybrid-poweredminivans. Google is trying to work with multiple car companies onits autonomous vehicles. Some of those conversations haven’t gonewell — a deal with GM couldn’t be concluded because ofdisagreements over ownership of technology and data, a personfamiliar with the matter said in April. The automaker in Januaryannounced a partnership with Lyft Inc. to develop self-drivingcars.
|Related: Google, Uber form group to advocate forself-driving cars
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