They have acquired their way into credibility. They controversially hired the majority of the CMU robotics laboratory in order to start ATC. They also hired a

They have acquired their way into credibility. They controversially hired the majority of the CMU robotics laboratory in order to start ATC. They also hired a number of Google self-driving engineers, including the former head of the self-driving effort. Today Uber announced their acquisition of Otto, a self-driving truck company. The ATC is isolated from the rest of Uber. Volvo has been working on self-driving cars for years; before the Uber ATC effort. Regulatory work is one thing that Uber excels at. To be fair, Google also hired/poached most of its self-driving experts from university robotics laboratories.