Travis Kalanick built Uber into one of the world's most valuable startups, but scandal abounded under his watch. Here's where it all began.
In early 2015, Uber announced plans to start testing self-driving cars in Pittsburgh. But the project has faced numerous setbacks, including a fatal crash in Arizona last year.Uber's self-driving car project was that Kalanick was particularly passionate about — he said at the time that he believed the future of Uber depended on it.
"If we are not tied for first, then the person who is in first, or the entity that's in first, then rolls out a ride-sharing network that is far cheaper or far higher-quality than Uber's, then Uber is no longer a thing," KalanickBut Uber has since had to scale back its self-driving ambitions. In March 2018, an Uber self-driving car
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