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Volkswagen, which ended an 18-month partnership with Aurora Technologies on self-driving cars, could be getting ready to announce a new deal with Ford, Bloomberg reports.

Background: Ford and VW have already announced a broad alliance on commercial vehicles and pickup trucks, and have said they intend to cooperate on expensive new technologies in an uncertain future.

What to watch: VW is likely to take a stake in Argo AI, the Ford-backed self-driving technology startup.

Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal

Ford and VW already have a broad alliance on commercial vehicles and pickup trucks.

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Volkswagen, which <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="ended an 18-month partnership" data-vars-click-url="https://www.ft.com/content/2885b3c6-8c60-11e9-a1c1-51bf8f989972" data-vars-content-id="9be219ff-9ae6-4b93-bc04-2256c137ec18" data-vars-headline="Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.ft.com/content/2885b3c6-8c60-11e9-a1c1-51bf8f989972" target="_blank">ended an 18-month partnership</a> with Aurora Technologies on self-driving cars, could be getting ready to announce <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a new deal with Ford" data-vars-click-url="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-11/vw-ends-aurora-deal-on-self-driving-cars-as-ford-talks-progress" data-vars-content-id="9be219ff-9ae6-4b93-bc04-2256c137ec18" data-vars-headline="Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-11/vw-ends-aurora-deal-on-self-driving-cars-as-ford-talks-progress" target="_blank">a new deal with Ford</a>, Bloomberg reports.Background: Ford and VW have already announced <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="a broad alliance" data-vars-click-url="https://www.apnews.com/1623f70d27144220b7335fd7a4990cb1" data-vars-content-id="9be219ff-9ae6-4b93-bc04-2256c137ec18" data-vars-headline="Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.apnews.com/1623f70d27144220b7335fd7a4990cb1" target="_blank">a broad alliance</a> on commercial vehicles and pickup trucks, and have said they intend to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="cooperate on expensive new technologies" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/ford-volkswagen-automakers-self-driving-electric-b0cfe139-4d5e-4178-b921-76a331bbae5d.html" data-vars-content-id="9be219ff-9ae6-4b93-bc04-2256c137ec18" data-vars-headline="Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/ford-volkswagen-automakers-self-driving-electric-b0cfe139-4d5e-4178-b921-76a331bbae5d.html" target="_self">cooperate on expensive new technologies</a> in an uncertain future.

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Volkswagen and Ford on cusp of new autonomous vehicle deal

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