Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG today announced they are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the U.S. and Europe.

Volkswagen is putting research into reducing the motion-related malady with an eye toward an autonomous vehicle environment.

The CEO of the Volkswagen group has shown concerns recently regarding the fallout that the automotive industry might face due to the growing popularity of electric vehicles.

Volkswagen recently revealed the platform that will underpin the brand’s upcoming electric vehicles.

The modular electric drive matrix (MEB) is VW’s next-generation electric platform on which the production versions of its “I.D.” concept electric vehicles are based on.

EU antitrust regulators are investigating whether BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen colluded to restrict the rollout of clean emission technology.

VW reiterated its aim to get them into production by the end of 2019—and said 27 MEB models would be in production worldwide by the end of 2022.

In August, SUVs continued to gain in popularity with U.S. consumers, and, in that regard, a handful of automakers especially enjoyed a sales bump.