Uber self-drive boss steps aside pending inquiry

The executive running Uber’s self-driving car division is stepping aside while the company defends itself against charges that he provided the project with technology stolen from a Google spin-off.

Anthony Levandowski, an autonomous vehicle expert who defected from Google last year, said he was not leaving the company but would not participate in any work on Lidar, which uses light pulses reflected off objects to gauge their position.