Canada's BlackBerry Ltd plans to invest C$100 million ($75 million) in a new autonomous vehicle-testing hub over several years, the company's chief executive said on Monday, marking a change of direction for the smartphone pioneer. "Most of all the money will go to jobs," John Chen told reporters at an event opening the Ottawa-area facility. BlackBerry said it will work with middleware supplier PolySync and semiconductor company Renesas Electronics Corp, as well as its hometown University of Waterloo, to build an autonomous concept vehicle.



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