An Uber self-driving car drives down San Francisco's 5th Street in March, 2017. Getty Images North America/AFP/File/JUSTIN SULLIVAN
Under terms being discussed, SoftBank’s Vision Fund and other investors, including a car maker, would take a minority stake in Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit, according to the Journal.The Journal described the “late-stage” talks as fluid, with the possibility a deal might not be reached. The California-based unit of Google parent Alphabet will offer its lidar sensors, which measure distance with pulses of laser light, to companies in robotics, security, agricultural technology and other sectors.
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