Ford will roll out a fleet of self-driving cars as part of a ride-sharing or -hailing service by 2021. Like Google's autonomous cars, Ford's cars won't come with a steering wheel, brake or gas pedal.
"What we have said is, we may not be the first, but when we do, it will be true to our brand, which means accessibility," Ford CEO Mark Fields recently told Business Insider in March. "We want to make sure it's available to everyone, and not just folks who can afford luxury cars."
Ford and Chinese company Baidu recently invested $150 million in Velodyne, a manufacturer of a Lidar system that allows self-driving cars to "see" the world around them.
Ford showed its driverless cars can successfully navigate in complete darkness in April. The cars can also drive successfully in snow.