Uber reveals latest self driving truck and kills off Otto

Uber is killing off the Otto brand at the center of the firms legal battle with Alphabet's Waymo, the firm revealed today as it launched the latest version of its truck. 'Our self-driving truck effort started in 2016 with the addition of the team from Otto,' Uber said, revealing the move. 'Since then, we've combined the best of Otto and ATG to build technology for both cars and trucks. 'With that upgrade, we've retired the Otto name and integrated all of our self-driving efforts into Uber ATG.' Alphabet's Waymo claimed in a lawsuit earlier this year that Anthony Levandowski downloaded more than 14,000 confidential files before leaving to set up Otto, which Uber acquired. In lidar -- or light detection and ranging -- scanning, one or more lasers sends out short pulses, which bounce back when they hit an obstacle, whether clouds, leaves or rocks.