Ford and IBM are bringing the automotive industry into the future

Ford’s new Smart Mobility initiative has been drawing a lot of attention from the media, and it doesn’t take much to see why. The initiative is primarily focused on making advancements in autonomous vehicles and connected cars, and part of that involves delving into the world of cloud-based analytics. On Monday, Ford and IBM announced that they’re working on something called the Smart Mobility Experimentation Platform, a pilot platform that analyzes data in small chunks in order to find patterns, and then uses the information it gathers to help drivers make more efficient decisions. With help from IBM’s cloud services, the information can be constantly updated, and can help drivers by doing things like finding an empty parking space for them, or warning them about traffic jams on a specific route.