After leaving Waymo, Levandowski started a self-driving truck company called Otto that Uber bought for US$680 million ($982m) to accelerate an expansion into autonomous vehicles. Levandowski had previously acknowledged to Droz that he began discussing self-driving cars with Uber in 2015, according to the documents. If a judge grants that request, it could force Uber to halt its current tests of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh and Phoenix. It's unclear how much of the technology targeted in Waymo's lawsuit is being used in the Uber self-driving cars that are currently picking up passengers in those cities. They are: Sameer Kshirsagar, Waymo's former global supply manager, and Radu Radutu, an engineer in Waymo's LiDAR department.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2017 23:37 UTC