May 31st, according to "Financial Times" report, Uber has applied for the driver of its unmanned car project top engineer Anthony Levandowski, to prove to Alphabet's driverless car company Waymo. clean. Lewandowski was a Waymo engineer and he was accused of stealing a large number of confidential files about driverless cars from Waymo to help Uber.
For Lewandowski, the move marked "a big reversal," and he was called "a brother" by Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick. Uber spent $680 million last year acquiring Otto, a truck startup founded by Lewandowski, even though the company had not yet generated any revenue at the time and only started for six months.
As one of the founding members of Google’s driverless car team, Lewandowski is one of the most outstanding engineers in the automotive industry. During his tenure at Google, his salary was more than US$120 million. The dismissal of Lewandowski also marks Uber's arrival in the latest wave of executive departures. The company recently fell into a sexual harassment crisis and allegedly secretly runs the Greyball project to evade regulatory agency management. The company plans to announce sexual harassment reports in the near future.
Uber has confirmed the news of the dismissal of Lewandowski and stated that Eric Meyhofer will take over Lewandowski’s work and continue to lead the company’s driverless car project. Lewandowski joined Uber last fall and is responsible for the research and development of his driverless car project. Kalanike has said that this project is critical to the company's long-term survival.
However, in February of this year, Waymo filed Uber with the court and claimed that he had stolen trade secrets. The key evidence is that Lewandowski downloaded about 14,000 secret documents before leaving Google, and his lawyer has no objection to this. Uber denies receiving or using the trade secrets stolen by Lewandowski but it is difficult to prove because Lewandowski did not cooperate with the investigation and refused to hand over key evidence such as personal laptops and hard drives. Uber hopes Lewandowski will comply with the court ruling and return the downloaded secret file to Google.
Lewandowski’s lawyer stated that his client had the rights granted by the “fifth amendment†to avoid “self-incriminationâ€. Judge William Alsup allegedly condemned Lewandowski for obstructing the investigation process and on many occasions suggested that if Lewandowski does not cooperate with the investigation, Uber should dismiss it. In early May, Uber sent Lewandowski an “ultimatum†asking him to abide by a court ruling, or he would be fired. In April, Uber had already demoted Lewandowski.
The lawsuit between Waymo and Uber shows that the competition between the two giants in the field of driverless cars has become increasingly fierce because both parties are creating fully automated droneless taxi services. Google was an early Uber investor, but then withdrew from Uber's board of directors due to a conflict of interest because both companies are committed to similar areas.
Lewandowski’s lawyer has not yet responded to this. However, prior to the release of Lewandowski’s dismissal, court documents showed that Lewandowski was in a dilemma. He must either give up his rights under the Fifth Amendment or provide relevant information in accordance with a court ruling. And materials, either face the risk of being immediately fired. (small)
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