{"id":1284,"date":"2025-04-07T18:35:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loving-nobel.116-202-155-204.plesk.page\/speaker\/john-krafcik\/"},"modified":"2025-04-07T18:35:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T18:35:25","slug":"john-krafcik","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.ams-kongress.de\/en\/speaker\/john-krafcik\/","title":{"rendered":"John Krafcik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Krafcik ist der CEO von Waymo. Waymo entwickelt Technologie und Software f\u00fcr autonome Fahrzeuge und hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, diese sicher und einfach f\u00fcr Menschen und Umwelt zu gestalten.<\/p>\n<p>Unter Johns F\u00fchrung avancierte Googles autonomes-Fahrzeug-Projekt zu Waymo, einem unabh\u00e4ngigen Unternehmen der Alphabet Gruppe. Waymo betreibt die weltweit erste Flotte von selbstfahrenden Fahrzeugen auf \u00f6ffentlichen Stra\u00dfen und testet ohne seine Systeme bereits ohne einen Fahrer am Lenkrad. Bei den Tests wurden bis dato mehr als zehn Millionen Meilen zur\u00fcckgelegt. Waymo ist zudem Partnerschaften mit Jaguar Land Rover, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Renault, Nissan, Lyft, Avis, AutoNation und weiteren Unternehmen eingegangen. Im Jahr 2018 startete Waymo den kommerziellen Selbstfahr-Service namens Waymo One in Phoenix, Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>Mit Erfahrung in den Bereichen Automobil und Technik verf\u00fcgt John \u00fcber umfassende operative Erfahrungen in den Bereichen Engineering, Produktentwicklung, Technologie und Fertigung, mit Stationen bei NUMMI, Ford, Hyundai und TrueCar. 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