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Recently, according to foreign media reports, the car will test quantum navigation technology in Lisbon, Portugal, from November 4 to 8. It is said that the principle of quantum navigation is to drive a navigation app through quantum computer, which is part of VW's new plan. In the future, quantum technology may be introduced into Volkswagen's vehicles. As early as November last year, Martin Hofmann, VW's chief information officer, mentioned that VW has carried out research on the transportation system project based on quantum computing and can provide business services for the company in the future. It is reported that the first quantum navigation test was carried out on nine buses in Lisbon. The quantum navigation app was installed in the iPad on the bus and supported by d-wave, a quantum computer company. Hofmann said that with the help of quantum computing, we can plan a specific route for each car in milliseconds. In such a short time, the whole calculation process has taken into account millions of real-time data about traffic congestion and passenger demand. According to the traditional method, the same calculation process may take more than ten minutes, and the traditional navigation can only tell users which road is less congested, and provide the same information to all vehicles in the same area. Although many experts believe that quantum computing is still a long way to go, and quantum navigation is controversial, the public still insists on testing this, which shows that the potential of this technology is worth looking forward to. Hofmann also revealed that VW, together with its partners, will take the lead in applying quantum navigation technology to urban high-density public transport systems in the middle of 2020. According to the public information, Volkswagen and d-wave carried out similar projects in Beijing in 2017. At that time, the two sides set up a five person internal data science team to collect GPS data of about 10000 taxis in Beijing, and simulate the optimal path of these taxis from the central urban area to the airport through d-wave's quantum computer. Quantum computing can alleviate traffic congestion and save the travel time cost of passengers. In addition, it also contributes to the advancement of autonomous driving technology. For L4 / L5 level system, it is required to have super computing power and super capacity data storage capacity. The capacity of quantum computing for data processing is expected to meet the development needs of highly autonomous driving. According to this logic, Volkswagen's research on quantum computing is not only to solve navigation problems, but also to make breakthroughs in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and other aspects.