On Wednesday, Fiat Chrysler FCAU said that it is banding together with German car manufacturer BMW BAMXF and tech giant Intel Corp. INTC in a self-driving car alliance. Intel, of course, notably acquired Mobileye earlier this year, which is an Israeli car-camera software provider.BMW, Intel, and Mobileye originally formed the group over a year ago with the goal of producing fully-functioning self-driving vehicles by 2021. The companies said Fiat Chrysler would bring top engineering skills and other types of expertise to the group, which will help create an autonomous car platform that carmakers across the industry could utilize."Joining this cooperation will enable FCA to directly benefit from the synergies and economies of scale that are possible when companies come together with a common vision and objective," CEO Sergio Marchionne said in a statement issued Wednesday.According to TechCrunch, the partnership expects to use 100 planned Level 4 autonomous test vehicles that Intel and Mobileye already announced they would be developing and deploying once the acquisition was complete. And, the group said it was on track to put 40 self-driving cars on the road by the end of 2017.Fiat Chrysler follows Delphi Automotive DLPH and German automotive manufacturing company Continental AG, two top suppliers who joined with the alliance this past May and June, respectively. The car company is also part of a separate alliance with Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL self-driving unit Waymo that is developing self-driving vehicles based Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans.Groups like these are beginning to pop up all across the auto industry. German auto giant Daimler recently teamed up with components supplier Robert Bosch GmbH with plans to bring its own self-driving car standard to cities and metropolitan areas by next decade. And then you have American leaders like Ford F and General Motors GM, who both have notable self-driving car programs of their own.Other car companies like Audi, which is part of Volkswagen VLKAY, Tesla TSLA, and Toyota Motors TM have all partnered with top Intel rival Nvidia NVDA on autonomous technology ventures.Shares of FCAU are trading up about 1.1% in late-morning trading.The Hottest Tech Mega-Trend of AllLast year, it generated $8 billion in global revenues. By 2020, it's predicted to blast through the roof to $47 billion. Famed investor Mark Cuban says it will produce "the world's first trillionaires," but that should still leave plenty of money for regular investors who make the right trades early.See Zacks' 3 Best Stocks to Play This Trend >> Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL): Free Stock Analysis Report Ford Motor Company (F): Free Stock Analysis Report General Motors Company (GM): Free Stock Analysis Report Tesla Inc. (TSLA): Free Stock Analysis Report Toyota Motor Corp Ltd Ord (TM): Free Stock Analysis Report Volkswagen AG (VLKAY): Free Stock Analysis Report Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCAU): Free Stock Analysis Report Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BAMXF): Free Stock Analysis Report Delphi Automotive PLC (DLPH): Free Stock Analysis Report Intel Corporation (INTC): Free Stock Analysis Report NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): Free Stock Analysis Report To read this article on Zacks.com click here. Zacks Investment Research