Google is pondering a potential move towards the mass manufacture of the self-driving cars { currently | presently }undergoing testing in California and Texas. With maximum speeds of 25 { MPH | miles during an hour }in self-driving mode, the cars are also equipped with a removable steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals that can allow the driver to take control.

Google’s self-driving cars, limited to 25mph, include sensors and 3D mapping technology which create a virtual map of the car’s current environment and obstacles.

“Self-driving cars could save thousands of lives, give people greater mobility & free us from things we find frustrating about driving today”,  the company said in a subsequent tweet. The company said in a statement Monday that it’s made more progress on its autonomous { car | bicycle }technology than it ever thought was possible.

Google wants to get an autonomous vehicle in the market by 2020.

Krafcik has a long history in the automotive industry; he got started at New United Motor Manufacturing Inc (NUMMI), a then-joint venture between GM and Toyota.

Krafcik is { currently | presently }Truecar’s (TRUE) president and previously spent a decade serving as CEO of Hyundai Motor America.

“An expert on lean production with a master’s in management from MIT and an engineering degree from Stanford, Krafcik left Hyundai in 2013 and headed for Silicon Valley to become president of car-shopping website TrueCar”. Certainly all of those ribands and accolades that accompany Krafcik will help Google to achieve their dream of expanding the self-driving { car | bicycle }industry, bringing it to a totally new level, right?

For Google, Krafcik’s hiring shows the tech giant is serious about turning autonomous cars into a sustainable business. The company will most likely develop a self-driving program that it will then allow other companies to use. He was at Ford Motor from 1990 to 2004, where he held various product-development leadership positions, including chief engineer for the Expedition and Navigator SUVs. As of now, a Google spokesperson said that the project would not be upgraded to an Alphabet company at this stage, but after a few years down the road, it would be considered as a potential candidate in the future. “The team is still a part of our X lab”.