Question: when did google make the self driving car
Answer: Waymo LLC Type Subsidiary Industry Autonomous cars Predecessor Google Self - Driving Car Project Founded 2009 ; 9 years ago ( 2009 ) ( as the Google Self - Driving Car Project ) December 13 , 2016 ; 22 months ago ( 2016 - 12 - 13 ) ( as Waymo ) Headquarters Mountain View , California , United States Key people John Krafcik ( CEO ) Ron Medford ( Director of Safety ) Dmitri Dolgov ( CTO , VP Engineering ) Parent Google , Inc ( 2009 -- 2016 ) Alphabet , Inc.