Ford is among five investors putting $6.6 million into a California startup that generates three-dimensional maps to help guide self-driving cars. Civil Maps, which was founded in 2014, uses artificial intelligence to convert data obtained from a car’s sensors into map information for use in autonomous vehicles. The company had raised almost $3 million before today’s announcement. The latest investment will be used for product development and deployment of the technology. In addition to Ford,…
Ford invests in mapping startup for self-driving cars
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