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One of the oldest automakers in the United States is making a billion-dollar bet that one day, owning a car may not be a necessity of American life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ford Motor announced on Friday its plans to invest $1 billion over the next five years in Argo AI, an artificial intelligence start-up formed in December that is focused on developing autonomous vehicle technology.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move is Ford\u2019s biggest effort to move into self-driving car research. Argo AI will develop the technology exclusively for Ford at first, and then plans to license its technology to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

The investment is also a way for Ford, which is more than century old, to tap into Silicon Valley talent and make headway in a competitive space. Former Google and Uber self-driving technologists will lead the effort out of Pittsburgh, a hub for robotics and autonomous vehicle research, and satellite offices will be in place in the San Francisco Bay Area and southeastern Michigan.<\/span><\/p>\n

Argo AI will operate as a subsidiary of Ford; the automaker will be the majority shareholder. But Argo AI will also use shares of its stock to lure robotics and engineering professionals from other companies, a challenge in a field where companies like General Motors, Chrysler, Uber and Google are all racing to bring autonomous vehicles to the mainstream.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can combine the best of a start-up and marry that with proper equity compensation, then that\u2019s the best of both worlds,\u201d<\/em> Mark Fields, president and chief executive of Ford, said at an event with reporters in San Francisco on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move comes as Ford positions itself as not just a manufacturer of cars, but as a provider of \u201cmobility services,\u201d<\/strong> enabling people to get around without owning cars. That is especially important as companies like Uber and Lyft, ride-hailing services popular in urban areas, have reduced the need for people to have their own vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ford sees mobility services as potentially more profitable than its traditional business of making and selling cars. Manufacturing vehicles requires billions of dollars in investments in plants and engineering \u2014 costs that are often difficult to recoup. Company executives have said mobility services could generate returns of around 20 percent, compared with the 8 percent it earns on making vehicles today.<\/span><\/p>\n

By MIKE ISAAC and NEAL E. BOUDETT<\/em><\/p>\n

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