Bloomberg News Dara Khosrowshahi, chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc., speaks in Paris in May.Uber Technologies Inc. is “on track” to launch an initial public offering next year, and is unlikely to sell its self-driving car unit anytime soon, Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview Wednesday. Speaking to Reuters at a New York event unveiling new safety measures for Uber, Khosrowshahi said the Advanced Technologies Group — which handles self-driving technologies — will still be a part of Uber after it goes public. “Ultimately, it is a big asset that we are building and we can monetize that in whatever way we want to. [Selling is] not something we’re thinking about it at this point,” he told Reuters. In July, Uber shut its self-driving truck unit to focus on cars. Khosrowshahi said Uber hopes to resume testing its self-driving cars before the end of the year. The program was suspended earlier this year after a fatal crash in Arizona. He said the investigation into that incident — as well as severalotherfederal investigations into Uber’s business practices — would not factor into the timing of an IPO.via