Uber has fired the head of its self - driving car section , who has been accused of stealing trade secrets from his former employer , Google . Waymo , Google ’s self - driving car section , sued Uber in February accusing engineer Adam Levandowski of taking 14,000 internal documents to help his new company develop its driving technology . Levandowski was one of several alumni of Google’s self-driving car program who founded the self-driving truck startup Otto in 2016. Uber denies wrongdoing , while Levandowski has refused to hand over documents or answer questions . The case will go to court in October .
Uber has fired the head of its self - driving car section , who has been accused of stealing trade secrets from his former employer , Google . Waymo , Google ’s self - driving car section , sued Uber in February accusing engineer Adam Levandowski of taking 14,000 internal documents to help his new company develop its driving technology . Uber denies wrongdoing , while Levandowski has refused to hand over documents or answer questions . The case will go to court in October .