Google, Ford in talks on self-driving car partnership: source

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google and Ford Motor Co are in talks about forming a partnership to develop autonomous car technology, a person briefed on the matter said on Tuesday. The extent of a partnership between the second-largest U.S. automaker and search engine giant Alphabet Inc remains under discussion and the precise framework of any effort is unclear but it could include jointly building and developing cars. A partnership between a major automaker and Google could speed