Uber’s venture in autonomous cars hit some road bumps, but Lyft is ready to give it a shot
Despite Uber’s venture into autonomous cars set a negative tone after facing suspension and a major lawsuit, another ridesharing service is taking a crack at driverless driving. suspension a major lawsuit
The US-exclusive service Lyft announced plans today to launch its own autonomous car division to help work on its open self-driving system. The system, once completed, will allow Lyft and its partners to deploy and manage autonomous cars as they ferry customers around. announced plans today open self-driving system
Housed in the newly titled Level 5 Engineering Center in Palo Alto, California, Lyft claims it’s taking its self-driving initiative seriously, devoting 10% of its entire engineering staff to just focusing on the autonomous tech.
For those not yet trusting of a robot driver (or are simply on a route inaccessible to an autonomous car) Lyft assures customers that it will continue to offer both driverless and human-piloted options for its service in the future.
It will likely be some time before we see the fruits of Lyft’s latest labor but if all goes well, advocates speculate that more self-driving cars of any company’s could significantly drop traffic-related congestion, accidents and pollution — if not at least less awkward small talk with your driver. speculate Uber vs Lyft: which ridesharing app is for you? Uber vs Lyft
