Alphabet accuses Uber of stealing self-driving car technology

Serious allegations: Alphabet contends that a manager at its autonomous car subsidiary Waymo took technical data with him when he left to launch a competing venture that went on to become Otto, Uber

SAN FRANCISCO: The race to develop self-driving vehicles took a new turn when Google’s parent company Alphabet filed a lawsuit against Uber, accusing it of stealing technology. 

Alphabet contends that a manager at its autonomous car subsidiary Waymo took technical data with him when he left to launch a competing venture that went on to become Otto, Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit, in a reported US$680mil (RM3.02bil) deal.