John Krafcik

Waymo's chief technology officer and its chief operating officer will serve as co-CEOs. What Happened: After spending almost more than five years at Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving-car company Waymo, its chief executive John Krafcik has...

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving unit Waymo’s CEO John Krafcik dismissed Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) as a competitor in an interview with Germany's Manager Magazin. What Happened: “For us, Tesla is not a competitor at all,” Krafcik told Manager Magazin....

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) self-driving unit Waymo said Thursday it is opening its driverless service to the general public. What Happened: The driverless offering of Waymo would be available beginning Thursday — initially available to those part of Waymo One, the...

It is the battle of tradition versus the modern, which possess disruptive potential. Traditional automakers such as General Motors Company (NYSE: GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) and Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE: TM) are facing stiff...

Google's parent firm Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) has been working to develop autonomous vehicles on its own for years, but the company's head of its self-driving car project John Krafcik said the firm has reached a point at which more partnerships would be beneficial to the project's...

Shares of TrueCar Inc (NASDAQ: TRUE) lost nearly 5 percent on Monday. The decline in TrueCar's stock is attributed to reports that Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has hired Truecar's President John Krafcik. Krafcik will head Google's self-driving car project....

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finding it increasingly difficult to keep its competitors from cloning the firm's best products. While the Apple/Samsung lawsuits are open to debate, there is no denying that some firms will do whatever they can to copy Apple. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) showed no shame in...