John Krafcik joins with the Google's self-driving car project

Until this point, the Google's self-driving car has undergone various tests on the road, either in its hometown in California as well as in other areas such as in Texas. So far the result is good; this self-driving car is relatively safe, it can prevent the pedestrians and cyclists from harm. However, its journey to enter the commercialization stage is still long.

In its initial plan, Google explains that the self-driving car will be launched in 2020. Although from the technical point Google is quite successful, but there are government regulations that must be faced before this self-driving car can become a mainstream.

Towards 2020, Google still has 5 years to execute its plans carefully. One of the strategies is by recruiting the leading figure in the automotive industry, i.e. John Krafcik, a former Ford executive and CEO of Hyundai America. At the end of September, he will lead Google's self-driving car project.

John Krafcik has a lot of experiences in the field of car assembly. However, Google spokesman confirms that it can't be used as an indication that Google plans to assemble the self-driving car by itself. So far, Google still entrusts a number of component suppliers such as Bosch and Continental, and asks other vendors to assemble the finished car.

One of the benefits that can be obtained by Google from this recruitment is the chance to broad the connections. As a leading figure in the automotive industry, John Krafcik of course has a lot of connections and experiences in the car's development and assembly. He is the right person to lead the project if Google really wants to market the self-driving car on a large scale.

But for now, the self-driving car project is still under the banner of Google X. Google spokesman says that this project could be a candidate of a new company under the Alphabet Inc. in the future, but not in near term. 

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