this is the the way of business i'm john l. them a lot on in berlin welcome a challenging time for the global auto industry has made some of the world's biggest car makers wary of going at it alone $5004.00 to have announced cooperation in 2 areas where they've struggled to make inroads electrification and autonomous driving force there's long been speculation folks bargain and ford would team up on self driving electric cars but markets like certainty the confirmation from v.w. c.e.o. herbert and ford chief jim hackett out a new york news conference boosted shares in both automakers volkswagen will put $2600000000.00 into ford self driving units argo ai which is valued at $7000000000.00 we're now confirming that we will extend our collaboration into a thomas technology. we share the view that technology is an enabler and it's not into itself that was one of the 1st things that herbert and i align on a people will remain our constant focus in this ever changing world. the w one ford aim to put autonomous vehicles on the roads in the