Uber is planning on investing $500 million dollars to map the world's roads

Uber relies heavily on Google's extensive maps, but it appears that the ride share company is getting ready to stand on their own. According to The Financial Times, it is planning to invest half a billion dollars into creating its own worldwide maps, a crucial step towards using autonomous cars. This will allow the company to create their own detailed maps The Financial Times reported that the company is looking to "pour $500m into an ambitious global mapping project," which would allow the comp...