Indeed, with Google Cloud, the company will be able to digitally transform from the front office to the manufacturing plant floor. Besides, this will also drive the modernization of product development, manufacturing and supply chain management, and implement computer vision AI for employee training, and inspection of equipment on the assembly line.

Google and Ford are working to find new ways to monetize Ford’s data through features like maintenance requests and trade-in alerts. Ford aims to move rapidly towards commercializing its new self-driving business.

Moreover, the company is also seeking to leverage Google Cloud’s AI tools, as well as to use the data it collects to create a connection to its drivers to create personalized experiences.

This partnership will help transform Ford’s business and build automotive technologies that aim to keep people safe and connected on the road.

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The Transportation Mobility Cloud is an open, cloud-based platform for mobility services to support the transportation system in cities so that any mode of transportation, whether vehicles, bicycles or mass transit, can work together.

‘Improving human lives’

Ford’s collaboration with Qualcomm on Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) is intended to ensure that everything in a city, including stoplights, signs, and bikes can speak to each other and share information.

“The time has come to fundamentally update our approach and shift our central mission to harnessing that technology as a tool to improving human lives,” said Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford, at CES 2018.

Written from press release by Leah Alger

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