There’s new self-driving car news for Friday about Ford (NYSE:F) and Volkswagen teaming up.

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Here’s what to know about the Ford and Volkswagen deal.

• This deal will have Volkswagen investing in self-driving car company Argo AI.
• It will do this by offering up its own self-driving car company and purchasing shares of Argo AI stock.
• The shares that Volkwagen is purchasing will be worth $500 million.
• They will also be bought from Ford over a period of three years.
• This will have both Ford and Volkswagen owning an equal share of Argo AI stock.
• It will also give the two companies a majority stake in the self-driving car company.
• Ford says that it will also be investing the remaining $600 million from its previously announced $1 billion cash commitment into Argo AI.
• The total value of Volkswagen’s investment into the company will be $2.60 billion when taking into account the worth of its self-driving car company.
• This deal will also provide Ford with access to Volkswagen’s Modular Electric Toolkit.
• The company will use this to create electric vehicles that will be sold in Europe.
• Ford plans to have these vehicles ready to sell by 2023.

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F stock was up 2% as of Friday afternoon and is up 28% since the start of the year.

As of this writing, William White did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.