Ford to double Silicon Valley staff, makes investment in lidar

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/autonews/BreakingNews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA Ford is accelerating its development of self-driving cars by more than doubling the size of its Silicon Valley lab and taking a stake in Velodyne Lidar, the leading maker of an advanced radar that is an essential sensor in autonomous driving.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20160816/OEM06/160819889/ford-to-double-silicon-valley-staff-makes-investment-in-lidar