Ford Poaches Renault's Tech Guru To Spearhead Growth
Louis-Victor will widen Ford's capability with autonomous vehicles, mobility services. The car industry and the tech industry have been intertwined for decades, but with the adoption of new autonomous driving systems and millions of lines of code and algorithms upon algorithms, the two segments are more tightly wound than ever before. Apple stole one of BMW's i8 team execs for its Project Titan and now Ford has tapped Renault's Franck Louis-Victor to head its New Businesses Platform team. "We're accelerating development of disruptive technologies and focusing on being a leader in areas that e...