Uber Executive Steps Back From Self-Driving Cars During Waymo Legal Fight -
By MIKE ISAACAPRIL 27, 2017
Anthony Levandowski, the Uber executive accused of stealing trade secrets from Google, is stepping aside from leading some
of the company’s work on self-driving vehicles, amid a bare-knuckled legal fight between the two technology giants.
A version of this article appears in print on April 28, 2017, on Page B6 of the New York edition
with the headline: Uber Executive Steps Back From Self-Driving Cars During Legal Fight.
“We should all be proud that our self-driving technology has been built independently, from the
ground up,” Mr. Levandowski said in his email, which was addressed to his Uber employees.
Mr. Levandowski has denied the assertions, and Uber has similarly denied that it is using driverless car technology stolen from Google.
In February, Waymo sued Uber, alleging that the ride-hailing company was using intellectual property,
including downloaded documents, stolen by Mr. Levandowski when he was an executive at Google.
