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Global cab-hailing platform Uber has stopped developing self-driving trucks as the programme was no longer competitive in the freight shipping industry, the company announced. Uber said on 30 July that it wants to refocus on the self-driving car programme, which was halted following a crash in which a Uber autonomous car killed a pedestrian in Arizona in March,
reports Xinhua news agency. Employees in the San Francisco-based self-driving truck division will be relocated to other internal units, including the Pittsburgh-based self-driving car programme. [caption id=“attachment_4228043” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”] The Uber logo is seen on a screen. Image: Reuters[/caption] Despite the shutdown, Uber Freight, a business unit that helps match truck drivers with shipping companies, will not be affected. Uber ventured into driverless vehicles in early 2015. The controversy was aroused when it purchased
**Otto** , a self-driving truck startup founded by a former Google engineer, in 2016.
**Google** later accused the engineer of stealing confidential files before he left the company.
Uber wants to refocus on the self-driving car programme, halted due to the fatal Arizona car crash.
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