"Volkswagen AG plans to test a quantum-computer-powered navigation app in Lisbon next week, part of a larger plan to include such a feature in its vehicles within the next few years.
The Germany-based company, the world’s biggest auto maker by sales, has been working to commercialize this technology for about three years.
The Lisbon test is timed to coincide with the city’s Web Summit technology conference. Nine public buses ferrying riders between the conference and other parts of the city will be equipped with iPads loaded with the “quantum routing” application, which includes technology from British Columbia-based D-Wave Systems Inc."
Read the article at the Wall Street Journal.