Self Driving Cars?!?!

Self Driving Cars?!?!….. Because seriously who hasn’t wished they could nap while driving?????

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it is rolling out what it calls its third-generation autonomous (aka self driving) vehicle in 5 major cities. Orlando didn’t make that list sadly, but Miami did along with Washington D.C., Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Palo Alto. 

This exciting news comes amongst rumors that Ford is near an agreement with Volkswagen to partner on self-driving vehicle development! 

Peter Rander, president of Argo AI, Ford’s autonomous vehicle partner, wrote in a blog post that Argo is deploying the Ford Fusion Hybrids in the various cities to test the vehicles in different environments.

“Bringing these (autonomous) vehicles to Detroit gives us the opportunity to learn how they operate in yet another environment — one where we have engineering operations in close proximity and where Corktown serves as Ford’s base for self-driving vehicle development,” Rander wrote. “Every city represents a unique opportunity to make our self-driving system smarter because of the exposure to different road infrastructure design, driving behavior and even traffic light placement.”

Carmakers see tens of billions of dollars in annual potential for autonomous delivery, robo-taxis and other self-driving services and spin-offs, but the cost of development is intimidating. Ford and VW would be seeking to leap toward the top of an arena led by General Motors’ Cruise affiliate, which has partnered with Honda; and Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo division. 

So all I have to say now is….HAIL HYDRA? wait no…SKYNET?…or is it OsCorp??? haha