Autonomous Vehicle News
Ford disbanded its Argo AI self-driving car joint venture with Volkswagen last year, but now it's getting back into autonomy … a bit. The automaker has launched a new subsidiary, called Latitude AI, that's aimed at developing semi-autonomous advanced driver assistance systems that could be on the road soon. FORD BEATS GM AND TESLA WITH DRIVER ASSIST TECHNOLOGY IN CONSUMER REPORTS TEST"We feel like that is such a big unlock for customers," Ford CEO Jim Farley told Fox News Digital. Along with the sensor systems used by BlueCruise, Farley believes lidar will play a key role in enabling the new capabilities, which will only be activated on pre-certified sections of road. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"We do think that lidar is critical … to make the system safer than a human."