Google Seeks More Partners For Self-Driving Cars

(RTTNews) - Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL, GOOG) Google hopes to form partnerships with many automakers and suppliers as it develops self-driving cars to reduce traffic accidents and expand mobility for elderly and disabled people.

The company wants to announce some of those joint efforts during 2016, John Krafcik, the Google executive.

In addtion, Google hired Caroline Atkinson, who recently stepped down as a deputy White House national security adviser.

Ms. Atkinson will oversee lobbying and regulatory issues for Google, including Europe's ongoing antitrust case against the company. She will be based in Washington, D.C. and report to Google general counsel Kent Walker.

Atkinson advised President Obama on international economics and coordinated White House policies in areas including trade and investment, development, energy and environmental issues. Before joining the administration, she was a senior executive in the International Monetary Fund and worked at the Treasury Department.