https://qz.com/1067204/samsung-can-start-testing-self-driving-car-technology-in-california/

Samsung, the global electronics manufacturer that makes everything from TVs, phones, and washing machines, to container ships and oil rigs, seems to be trying its hand at cars that drive themselves. The company was awarded a license in the state of California to test autonomous vehicles today, Aug. 31.

It’s currently unclear whether Samsung has intentions to develop autonomous cars, or just systems that would run in them. The company did recently acquire Harman, however, a company that builds electronics and audio equipment for connected cars, among other things—in Samsung’s press release about the purchase, it said that “smart technologies” from Samsung and Harman “will enable the vehicle of tomorrow.”