Hiring former Google star engineer Anthony Levandowski and his team had the potential to save Uber “at least a year” in the race to develop self-driving cars, according to an internal Uber email unsealed in court Thursday in the high-profile lawsuit between the companies. Google’s self-driving car unit, which was renamed Waymo after Levandowski left, argues that Levandowski stole its proprietary design for lidar, a laser-based sensor that allows cars to see the environment around them.
Comment on Uber email: Hiring ex-Google star could save a year on robot cars
By David R. Baker, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Thu, 06/29/2017 - 2:09pm
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