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hey it's Tamara from the verge and we're here at Ford's product development center in Dearborn Michigan checking out Ford's approach to autonomous vehicles the self-driving cars space has been heating up in recent months as the technology is moving at a rapid rate in August Ford announced plans to bring a fully autonomous vehicle to the market by 2021 with level 4 autonomy level 4 autonomy is when cars don't have steering wheels or brake pedals so for the uses three electric magnetic sensors inside of its autonomous vehicle including valid Ines lidar a system that uses lasers to create an overlay map and detect objects around the car the next generation of lidar will be introduced this year to Ford self-driving car the lighter will be more compact and will enable cars to see further in the distance and help with left-hand turns Ford also uses radars and cameras to understand the environment around the car now in two years by 2018 Ford says that it will be offering rides to its employees around its campus using an autonomous car and we're not entirely sure whether these cars will have drivers inside of them but one thing is certain that is that Ford is working very hard to ensure that they reach their goal of level-4 autonomy by 2021 so what does this mean for the future of transportation mark fields is the president and CEO of Ford and he told me that he thinks self-driving cars will minimize crashes and make the use of cars more efficient Ford is working with regulators Google uber and other automakers to figure out exactly what autonomy looks like in about five years it's very likely that self-driving cars are going to be a very real and the question is now are we really ready to take our hands off of the wheel so