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Autoblog Minute: Krafcik CEO of Google autonomous vehicle division

Automotive Veteran John Krafcik Looks To Accelerate Autonomous Vehicle Development

We look at how Google's hiring of automotive executing John Krafcik could affect the future of autonomous vehicles. Autoblog's Mylencia Gillenwaters reports on this edition of Autoblog Minute.
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[00:00:00] We look at how Google's hiring of automotive executing John Krafcik could affect the future of autonomous vehicles. I'm Mylencia Gillenwaters and this is your Autoblog Minute.

Krafcik, a veteran of the auto industry, arrives at Google after serving as CEO of Hyundai and TrueCar. For more on what the Krafcik hire could mean to the industry, we go to Autoblog's Pete Bigelow:

[00:00:30] [Pete Bigelow Interview]

Google has

[00:01:00] an outspoken champion for autonomous driving, in Krafcik who isn't shy about taking to social media to share his thoughts. Krafcik and Google seem poised to move self-driving cars into the next phase of development and it will be interesting to follow along as the tech giant

[00:01:30] attempts to change the way we get around.

For Autoblog, I'm Mylencia Gillenwaters.

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