Sentences with phrase «car industry veteran»

With a seasoned and respected car industry veteran like Krafcik on its side, Google's car unit could be a truly disruptive force in how we address driving and mobility.

MOBI working group is led by Chris Ballinger, car industry veteran that left his role as CFO and head of mobility services at Toyota Research Institute in April.

Close to a year before Urmson left the project, where he had become the de facto face of it, Google hired John Krafcik, a 25 - year car industry veteran who previously led Hyundai's business in the U.S., as its first ever CEO.

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In a recent research note, he pointed to the possibility, based on Apple's reported hiring of a large number of auto industry veterans, of Apple changing gears entirely and building a car.

Finally in 2009, Armstead and his partner, automotive industry veteran Mike Saporito, co-founded Hamilton Honda, a car dealership located on a 12 - acre campus in Hamilton, N.J..

The vestiges of car manufacturing — leftover machinery, abundant powdercoat shops and of course, skilled auto industry veterans seeking work — have proven a treasure to bike makers and other craftspeople.

In September, Google X hired John Krafcik, an auto - industry veteran, as chief executive officer of its cars project.

Krafcik is a veteran of the automotive industry, and will join the Google team working on self - driving cars in late September.

Automotive industry veteran Tom Scarpello, who spent the better part of two decades primarily at Ford and Nissan in various roles including manufacturing and product planning, founded Revology Cars in 2014 out of Orlando, Florida, with the goal of creating a series of Mustangs with modern conveniences while celebrating the past.

Still, some observers think the decision to go with a Silicon Valley icon rather than a car - industry veteran reflects a dangerous cocktail of naïveté and arrogance, and it's not hard to imagine executives in Detroit rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of seeing this fledgling know - it - all pull a De Lorean.

A bunch of Valley veterans have taken on funding and set up shop in California to fight the legacy auto industry with an all - electric car.

Behind the car is a star - studded team of auto industry veterans, including Henrik Fisker — a man credited with designing the Aston Martin DB9, BMW Z8, Fisker Karma, and others — as well as former GM chairman Bob Lutz, aerospace manufacturer Gilbert Villarreal, and famed Viper racer Ben Keating.

A previous work history, if in fact same exists, would not be one of my markers for determining if a registrant had committed incompetent or unethical behaviours; the simple act of uncovering the commitment of same would be all that would be required, be it committed by a former used car salesperson or by a high - flying veteran of the industry with a heretofore «officially» unblemished record.