Ford, Volkswagen join forces on electric, autonomous cars

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Ford and Volkswagen joined forces to develop autonomous and electric cars on Friday and said they were also looking at other areas of cooperation, deepening a global alliance to slash development and manufacturing costs.Ford and VW have already started cooperating in the area of commercial vehicles as part of the auto industry's broader effort to redraw production and sales footprints to cope with more stringent regulation and fragmented markets. VW will invest $2.6..