CalDav CardDav contacts sync (Google or CardScan)?

i am running iOS7/iPhone and Mavericks/MBP and Lion/Mac Pro in a small business.
i would like to get a set of contacts in Google synced to my various devices WITH the groups/categories. right now if i do this by checking the "Contacts" box in my GMail acount in Mavericks on my laptop i get all my contacts without the categories/groups which is useless.
does anyone know if there is a way to do this with CalDav CardDav sync? i am thinking that perhaps i can do this by uploading my contacts to Google Contacts or by somehow posting my contacts database as an export from CardScan.
i ran across these articles which look mighty interesting.
TIA
http://512pixels.net/2013/06/ios-contacts-google-carddav/
http://512pixels.net/2012/12/contacts-google-carddav/

I have the same problem. Is CardDAV passing contact groups?

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