Manufacturing

Ford, VW advance alliance plans on vans, pickups

Hackett-Diess
Ford CEO Jim Hackett and VW CEO Herbert Diess met at Ford's stand at the Detroit auto show. (FORD)
January 15, 2019 01:29 PM

DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen Group on Tuesday said they will collaborate on commercial vans and midsize pickups, and are exploring the joint development of autonomous and electric vehicles as part of a broad partnership designed to save both companies hundreds of millions of dollars.

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