Uber Fires Former Google Engineer in Regards to Self-Driving Cars Dispute






"Today we learned via the New York Times that Uber Fired Former Google Engineer at Heart of Self-Driving Dispute"
Uber stated just last week that it had terminated Anthony Levandowski. He was the talented engineer who was hired to oversee Uber's self-driving vehicle project but was blamed for stealing trade secrets when he left Google. When Mr. Levandowski quit his job at Google, he then turned around and created his own company called Otto. This company was bought by Uber for almost $700 million a year ago. All these recent moves have developed into a huge dispute with in the industry.

The risks are extremely high for both companies and reputations are at stake. Google has been one of the first and top of the line within the self-driving car industry and has spent almost 10 years and tons of money on in research and production. What's more, Travis Kalanick, Uber's CEO, has said the eventual fate of his ride-hailing company that is currently worth almost $70 billion depends on work being done on self-driving cars.

Uber consented to pay $680 million in company value in return for the company's innovations and Mr. Levandowski and his staff would likewise be compensated a slight percentage of any profits earned from an Uber-owned, self-driving trucking business created under Mr. Levandowski's leadership.

Since Google and Uber are in such a dispute and probably will be for awhile over trade secrets regarding the development of self-driving cars, most people will stick with what they know and drive their own cars. Besides, the majority of people still feel safer in their own cars than autonomous ones so If you need a great car shipping company, don’t hesitate to reach out to Thrifty Auto Shipping for the best rates around.

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