Ford looks to ‘disrupt itself’ with focus on driverless cars and shuttle services

Ford is increasing its investment in electric and autonomous vehicles and plans to test and launch a city shuttle service in Europe, as it looks to offset disruption in the transport sector by tech giants.
Autonomous vehicles will have contributed a total of £14.5 trillion to Europe’s GDP by 2015, according to a report commissioned by Nissan Europe, leaving the auto industry open to disruption from technology companies eager to grab a share of the market.
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