Waymo accused Uber of conspiring with Levandowski to steal its trade secrets and feed them into a driverless car project already underway inside the ride-hailing company. With Friday's settlement, Uber has promised that its cars will operate without the help of Waymo's intellectual property.There are other issues for Waymo. Using these methods, engineers can build and improve self-driving cars at a far more rapid pace. "This is profoundly important," said Urmson, of Aurora, which is supplying self-driving technology to Volkswagen, Audi and Hyundai. But it may end up running its own self-driving service.

Source: Economic Times February 12, 2018 03:00 UTC