SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Remembering your driver’s identify while you hail a rideshare might quickly change into a factor of the previous. No less than if all goes to plan for San Francisco-based Lyft, which plans to begin rolling out autonomous automobiles on its platform as early as subsequent yr.
That is in accordance with Lyft CEO Davis Risher who stated the corporate was partnering with expertise firm Mobileye to deliver “Lyft-ready” autonomous automobiles on-line. Lyft plans to first launch driverless rides in Dallas “as soon as 2026,” Risher stated in a thread on X, with “thousands more” autonomous automobiles and “other cities to follow.”
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Along with Mobileye, Lyft is working with Japanese firm Marubeni, which is able to personal the fleet of AVs that will likely be powered by Mobileye’s Drive self-driving system.
“The more AVs out there, the more the rideshare market expands,” stated Risher. “It’s all part of our promise to serve and connect, and we’re excited to have Marubeni along for the ride.”
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Regardless of the introduced new enterprise, Lyft noticed its inventory costs stoop about 9% on Wednesday.