--German car makers BMW and Daimler are looking at options to cooperate "extensively" in autonomous driving, Handelsblatt reports, citing unnamed sources from both companies' circles.

--BMW CEO Harald Krueger and Daimler's head of development, Ola Kaellenius, are looking into consolidating development activities and disclosing patents to each other to reduce development costs and set industry-wide standards, Handelsblatt writes.

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