Ford Motor (F) and Autonomic announced that they have signed a multi-year, global agreement with Amazon Web Services (AMZN), which they said will expand the availability of cloud connectivity services and connected car application development services for the transportation industry.

"Through this collaboration, Autonomic's TMC - the leading automotive cloud - will be powered by AWS- the world's leading cloud - to become the standard connected car solution for Ford vehicles. Ford Mobility and Autonomic chose AWS for its global availability, and the breadth and depth of AWS' portfolio of services, including Internet of Things, machine learning, analytics, and compute services. The collaboration with AWS allows additional partnership and business opportunities for automakers, public transit operators, large-scale fleet operators, and software developers," the companies said. The collaboration represents an expansion of the existing relationships between Ford, Autonomic and AWS, they noted in their press release announcing the agreement.