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Mark Fields: Ford intended to launch Level 4 vehicles by 2021

Mark Fields · The autonomous car bubble has popped · Jan 25, 2023 · at 2:09

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In 2017, then-Ford CEO Mark Fields outlined Ford's target timeline for commercializing fully autonomous vehicles for mobility services.

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“It remains our intention to introduce a fully autonomous level four vehicle into the marketplace in 2021 in mobility services.”

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Ford intends to introduce a fully autonomous Level 4 vehicle into commercial mobility services in 2021.

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Assessment

Ford did not introduce a fully autonomous SAE Level 4 vehicle into commercial mobility services by the stated target horizon of 2021. On April 28, 2020, Ford announced that it was officially delaying the commercial launch of its autonomous vehicle mobility service from 2021 to 2022. While Ford and Argo AI initiated small pilot programs with human safety drivers on the Lyft network in late 2021, full commercial deployment of driverless Level 4 services did not occur by December 31, 2021. Furthermore, in October 2022, Ford disbanded Argo AI and discontinued its internal development of Level 4 commercial robotaxis.

On April 28, 2020, Ford officially delayed its planned commercial autonomous mobility service launch from 2021 to 2022.
As of December 31, 2021, Ford had only conducted testing and pilot operations with human safety drivers and had not commercially introduced an SAE Level 4 vehicle into mobility services.
On October 26, 2022, Ford closed Argo AI and shifted its autonomous vehicle focus away from Level 4 robotaxis toward Level 2+/Level 3 driver assistance.

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[1] forbes.com [2] cbsnews.com [3] zdnet.com [4] medium.com [5] forbes.com [6] engadget.com [7] motorauthority.com [8] slashgear.com

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