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Lior Ron, co-founder of the self-driving truck company Uber bought, is leaving
- WisNorCan 9y agoUber announced recently that they are doing deliveries with self-driving trucks [1]. Are those discontinued? I know they stopped the self-driving car work, but haven't seen anything about their self-driving trucks. Not sure how much of the technology is shared since Otto was ostensibly focused on self-driving trucks. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/6/17081626/uber-self-driving-trucks-delivering-cargo-arizona https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/6/17081626/uber-self-driving...
- fipple 9y agoI bet fall guy for Uber is a well-paid gig.
- stagbeetle 9y agoWith full snark intended: "Yeah, just ask Kalanick."
- Johnny555 9y agoThe article includes a correction, Ron was not the founder of their self-driving unit: This story and its headline have been updated to reflect that Ron was the co-founder of Otto, a self-driving truck company Uber bought. Uber's self-driving efforts predated that acquisition.
- uptown 9y agoI've updated the title here as-well.
- inverse_pi 9y agoLior Ron is not the co-founder of Uber's self driving unit. Lior Ron is founder of Otto which was acquired by Uber in May, 2016 [1]. Uber started working on self driving car in 2015 by acquiring part of CMU's robotics lab [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lior_Ron_(business_executive) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lior_Ron_(business_executive) [2] https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2015/5/19/8622831/uber-self-driving-cars-carnegie-mellon-poached https://www.theverge.com/transportation/2015/5/19/8622831/ub...