--- description: Ford and Google may be partnering next year to build self-driving cars. title: The Surprising Project Ford and Google Are Working On image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is The Surprising Project Ford and Google Are Working On Together  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 4:51 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 22, 2015 4:51 PM CUT Ford and Google may be teaming up next year to build self-driving cars. [Yahoo Auto](https://www.yahoo.com/autos/google-pairs-with-ford-to-1326344237400118.html "undefined"), citing three anonymous sources, reported that Ford will announce the joint venture at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2016\. Neither company would comment to Yahoo on the venture. The partnership would be mutually beneficial to the companies— Ford would get a boost in self-driving software development, while Google would save billions of dollars by using Ford’s cars instead of building its own. Yahoo Auto said the deal is likely non-exclusive, and that Google has been talking to other car companies about using its self-driving software. \[[_Yahoo Auto_](https://www.yahoo.com/autos/google-pairs-with-ford-to-1326344237400118.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/"},"headline":"This Is The Surprising Project Ford and Google Are Working On Together","datePublished":"2015-12-22T16:51:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:07:08.813Z","description":"The companies are teaming up","url":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/","keywords":["Tech","Google","cars","Ford","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/","name":"This Is The Surprising Project Ford and Google Are Working On Together"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Driverless Cars: The Future of Driving","description":"Predictions about a future in which cars that will drive themselves have been staples of everything from science fiction to pop culture to corporate PR for decades. But now it looks like driverless cars, at least, may finally be hitting the road.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uDXtGW1i/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-05-06T19:21:59.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uDXtGW1i.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/","duration":"PT4M57S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4158678/ford-google-self-driving-cars/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```