24.02.2017 - 02:57 [ Los Angeles Times ]

Google spin-off Waymo accuses Uber of self-driving car theft

Waymo‘s lawsuit escalates the tensions between Google and Uber, two onetime allies that are morphing into rivals. Google invested $258 million in Uber, but its mapping subsidiary Waze is now expanding a carpooling service that could attract riders away from Uber. The budding rivalry prompted a top Google executive, David Drummond, to resign from Uber‘s board of directors six months ago.