Want a job at Google's new self-driving car company? They're hiring
by Mark Harris in Seattle from Technology | The Guardian on (#13NQE)
New job postings reveal how the company plans to bring its autonomous cars to market, pointing to a large manufacturing operation
Alphabet, the holding company for Google, is pushing forward with plans to spin-out its self-driving car project into a standalone business making and marketing autonomous vehicles, according to new job listings.
An advert posted last week for a marketing manager reveals that Alphabet - now the world's most valuable technology company - intends to bring "self-driving cars to market" and "apply [a] new brand identity" after the project "graduates" from the company's secretive X division, dedicated to moonshot projects such as airborne power generators and drones providing internet access.
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