Ford To Put Fully Autonomous Cars On The Road By 2021

Ford announced a due date for its self-driving future. Stepping on the gas could soon be a thing of the past -- as well as hitting the brakes, or getting behind the wheel altogether. Ford has announced its plan to develop fully autonomous cars by 2021. The company sees fully autonomous cars as having "as big of an impact on society" as its moving assembly lines did a century ago, Ford President and CEO Mark Fields said in a press conference yesterday. "A driver is not going to be required."