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forward to introduce autonomous cars by 2021 the CEO Ford mark fields announced that ford will produce SAE level four capable vehicles by 2021 and a ride hailing or ride-sharing service sae level four is defined as high automation which means the car will be able to respond even if a human fails to do anything SI e stands for Society of Automotive Engineers for comparison Tesla's autopilot feature is between level 2 or level 3 both levels require a human driver to intervene if needed Ford said it is going to level 4 since the company cannot figure out a way to safely handoff driving duties from a car to a person these new ford cars will have no steering wheel no gas pedal no brake pedal and not require a driver ford says its new cars will be specifically for ride hailing and ride-sharing ford CEO said that Ford is not just an auto company anymore it's a mobility company additionally Ford announced new deals with four companies one of those companies velodyne specializes in lidar technology lie to our stands for light detection and ranging and it helps something like a car see objects around it Ford is also working with a neuroscientist to build intelligence into its vehicles that's it for this tech news update amaya's Akhtar and you can stay on top of the biggest stories at cnet com / update