Ford And Lyft Team Up For Autonomous Ride-Hailing Service

Ford announced Wednesday it will partner with Lyft to deploy autonomous cars. Lyft's agreement with Ford adds the automaker to the ride-hailing service's current list of car companies it's teaming up with for self-driving technology. The partnership will "help both companies progress toward a more affordable, dependable and accessible transportation future," Ford said in a blog post. The announcement comes after Ford promised last December to offer a fully autonomous vehicle for ride-sharing and ride-hailing services by 2021. The company gave a glimpse of its next generation Fusion Hybrid self-driving car at the time.