Ford Motor Co., Volkswagen AG and self-driving software company Argo AI have created a new alliance. They plan to share electric-vehicle platforms and autonomous-vehicle software, potentially saving the carmakers hundreds of millions of dollars and laying the groundwork for more partnerships on vehicles of the future.
The moves “instantaneously” create one of the largest partnerships on electrification and self-driving technology, Ford CEO Jim Hackett said Friday in New York. In doing so, it shakes up the present-day electric and autonomous-vehicle landscape.
Read the article at The Detroit News.