Uber looks to cash in on self-driving cars — but not by driving them

The goal: to generate real-world driving data valuable to autonomous vehicle (AV) companies. In 2020, Uber stopped developing its own autonomous vehicles and sold the company's unit to self-driving car startup Aurora. That deal followed the death of a pedestrian hit by an autonomous Uber in 2018. Real-world trainingAutonomous driving companies and researchers have largely relied on simulations and algorithms to predict real-world traffic and driving problems to develop their products. He is now the CEO of Nexar, which develops tools for capturing and analyzing autonomous driving data.