A former chief executive of Fountain Valley-based Hyundai Motor America Inc. plans to join Google Inc. later this month to lead the technology company’s self-driving car project.
John Krafcik had most recently been president of Truecar Inc. in Santa Monica, which provides prices and other services to car buyers, for about 18 months.
Prior to that he spent about five years in charge of Hyundai’s operations here.
Google began working on a self-driving car in 2009, reports said.
