The Prius-hacking Silicon Valley star shaping Toyota's future - NewsBreak

James Kuffner once reprogrammed a Prius to turn it into a driverless vehicle for Google. Now, he's a top executive at Toyota, charged with hacking the very way it approaches the business of carmaking. Handpicked by President Akio Toyoda, the 50-year-old tech-industry veteran's mandate as chief digital officer is to...