After 5 years as CEO of autonomous expertise firm Waymo, John Krafcik is stepping down.

Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov will succeed Krafcik as co-CEOs of the Mountain View, Calif.,-based Google subsidiary, Krafcik mentioned in a LinkedIn statement Friday.

Mawakana and Dolgov at present function Waymo chief working officer and chief expertise officer, respectively.

“My time main Waymo has been the capstone of my profession,” Krafcik mentioned in a blog post. “Collectively, we have achieved outstanding firsts as we develop, deploy, and commercialize our absolutely autonomous Waymo Driver, and work to make our roads safer and mobility extra accessible.”

Krafcik mentioned Mawakana and Dolgov “are an extremely gifted pair who’re ideally suited to this second.”

An trade veteran, Krafcik, 59, beforehand served because the president of TrueCar, Inc., in addition to president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America. Krafcik additionally held varied roles in product growth at Ford.

Krafcik did not present many particulars about his plans past serving as an advisor to Waymo. He and his spouse will first get pleasure from a “refresh interval the place we stay up for reconnecting with outdated mates & household, and discovering new components of the world,” he wrote.