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Uber in Talks to Sell Self-Driving Car Unit to Aurora

By Amir Efrati
· · Source: Techcrunch

After burning $2.5 billion on self-driving car development and with criticism mounting about the effort, Uber is close to letting go. Techcrunch is reporting , and The Information has separately confirmed, that Uber wants to offload the unit, called Advanced Technologies Group. But the real surprise is that the suitor is Aurora Innovation, which was co-founded by one of the godfathers of the...

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