when did google start working on driverless cars
Waymo Waymo is an autonomous car development company spun out of Google's parent company, Alphabet Inc., in December 2016. It then took over the self-driving car project[1] which Google had begun in 2009.[2] Alphabet describes Waymo as "a self-driving tech company with a mission to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around". The new company, which will be headed by long-time automotive executive John Krafcik, is working towards making self-driving cars available to the public soon.[3][4] From the company's FAQ: