Playing it safe. there is no other way to launch self-driving cars

Over the last several decades, #ford and the rest of the #auto industry have spent a vast amount of resources developing robust, comprehensive processes to ensure we design and deploy safe vehicles, because we care about the safety of our customers.

That same mindset dominates how #ford approaches the introduction of self-driving cars. Just as decades of experience have given us safe and reliable development processes for human-driven cars, we need to draw upon that experience and develop the same processes for self-driving ones.

That’s why we’re so excited to have #chrisgerdes assist the team at #ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC. In his new position as safety advisor to #ford, Chris will play a meaningful role in the creation of these safety processes — the very processes that will help us understand when we can be confident that our self-driving vehicles are safe and ready for deployment.