Ford Motor Company Moves Autonomous Technology Development Under New Unit

Ford CEO Jim Farley has made quite a few changes to the way the automaker does things since his arrival. Now, Ford is doing something similar with its autonomous technology divisions. Autonomous Tech Gets A New Home According to a report by Bloomberg, Ford is looking to accelerate the development of its autonomous technology by forming a new division called Ford Next. Apparently, Farley formed Ford Next last year and put Franck Louis-Victor, a specialist in new businesses from Renault SA, at the head. The division includes the automaker's stake in Argo Ai, an autonomous startup, as well as Ford's self-driving unit that's called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.