Google will add more partners for self-driving cars: exec


Google , Inc., Self Driving Car Project CEO John Krafcik speaks at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, January 12, 2016. AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON

DETROIT: Alphabet Inc's Google wants to form more partnerships with established automakers and suppliers this year to accelerate its work on self-driving cars, the head of the Google project said. 

John Krafcik, the newly hired president of the Google self-driving car project, did not mention any automakers by name. However, appearing at a media conference at the Detroit auto show, Krafcik surveyed a room packed with hundreds of auto industry executives and said: "We hope to work with many of you guys." 

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