While Google has previously said that it doesn't want to be a car maker, it looks like the search giant's self-driving plans are just heating up with it's latest hire.
As spotted by 9to5Google, Tesla's former autopilot engineering manager, Robert Rose, now works for Google, according to his LinkedIn page.
According to Rose's LinkedIn profile, he worked as a software engineer for SpaceX, before heading to Tesla, finishing up just after the launch of the company's autopilot and autosteering features.
Self-driving?
While Rose's profile says simply that he will be working as a software engineer for Google Robotics, it's not confirmed that he'll be working on Google's self-driving cars.
Still, it's a pretty good bet he'll have his hand on the company's self-driving car, unless, of course, Google plans on building a rocket, which is a little more unlikely – though not impossible.
In any case, poaching talent between car companies building self-driving cars seems to have become a norm, with reports of Apple picking up Tesla ex-employees, and vice versa, and even Google picking up ex-car manufacturer employees as well.
Expect to see more autonomous car tech at CES 2016
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Original source: Google's self-driving cars are in for some Tesla magic.
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