Google is suing Uber and alleging that a former employee engaged in a “concerted plan” to steal trade secrets related to the search giant's self-driving car technology. The circuit board “bears a striking resemblance” to Waymo's own, proprietary technology, according to the lawsuit. In January 2016, Levandowski left Google to help found a company named Otto, which aspires to build self-driving cargo trucks. “We didn't invent self-driving cars,” he told reporters. Both firms believe that fleets of self-driving cars that rove constantly around a city can help reduce traffic congestion, carbon emissions and wasted time.

Source: Washington Post February 24, 2017 00:24 UTC