Ford will invest about $2 billion into the new business over the next two years.

The company is abandoning plans for a brand new all-electric pickup truck codenamed "T3" and ending production of the battery-only Lightning.

The filing marks the end of a tumultuous year full of layoffs, executive departures, and piling debts.

It's one of the last big steps before the company can truly claim it's operating a robotaxi service, and start to take on Waymo.

Rivian demonstrated the progress it's made, and in the process showed just how far it still has to go to make its cars autonomous.