A war between Uber and Google is about to begin. Ride-sharing firm Uber is accused of stealing trade secrets from Waymo - the company spun out from Google’s self-driving division. Alphabet is suing Uber for patent infringement, alleging that Anthony Levandowski, the head of Uber’s autonomous efforts, br stole 14,000 files before he left Google’s self-driving project to start his own autonomous tech company, which Uber later acquired.br Uber Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick has said that autonomous vehicles, are critical to the company's long-term success and future growth.