FILE PHOTO: The cockpit and steering wheel of a Streetscooter WORK XL electric van based on a Ford Transit is pictured at Ford's new production line in Cologne, Germany October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
HAMBURG/DETROIT: Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Co will unveil a deeper alliance next week that goes beyond cooperating in commercial vehicles in a move meant to save the automakers billions of dollars as they develop new technologies, two people familiar with the plan said on Jan 9.
Ford and Volkswagen have been exploring closer cooperation as trade frictions force carmakers to rethink where they build vehicles for Europe, the United States and China, and as software companies prepare to launch their own self-driving cars.
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