Lyft is scrambling to compete as Uber racks up autonomous vehicle (AV) partners. On Monday, Lyft stated it partnered with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni to carry robotaxis to Dallas roads as quickly as subsequent yr earlier than increasing to “hundreds of autos” in different cities.
It’s the primary fruit from Lyft’s Mobileye partnership, introduced in November. TechCrunch notes that the Intel-owned Mobileye’s tech is already out there in fashions from (amongst others) Audi, Ford, GM, Nissan and Volkswagen. Lyft hasn’t but stated which automaker(s) it’s partnering with for the Dallas rollout. However Lyft government vp of driver expertise Jeremy Fowl informed TechCrunch that it’s in talks with “each main autonomous carmaker.”
Marubeni, which owns subsidiaries in industries starting from cereal to fossil fuels (thankfully, not in the identical product), owns and manages fleets with over 900,000 autos throughout the globe. The corporate’s Mobileye-equipped robotaxis shall be out there for people in Dallas to hail by means of the Lyft app after this system launches.
Though the Dallas launch will function Lyft’s pilot program for Mobileye AVs, it might not find yourself being the corporate’s subsequent robotaxi rollout. Final yr, it additionally partnered with AV firm Might Mobility and goals to bring robotaxis with its tech to Atlanta someday in 2025.
The strain is on Lyft to maintain up, as Uber has inked offers with a protracted listing of corporations within the AV area, together with Avride, Aurora Innovation, Nuro, Waabi and Wayve. Uber and Alphabet’s Waymo additionally plan to launch AV fleets in Austin and Atlanta early this yr. (The waitlist is already open.) Tesla has additionally stated it plans to introduce its first autonomous vehicle service in Austin this June.
This text initially appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/lyft-aims-for-a-2026-dallas-launch-of-its-first-mobileye-robotaxis-190137968.html?src=rss
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