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Motional and Lyft are now partnering up to provide driverless taxis in LA

Motional and Lyft are now partnering up to provide driverless taxis in LA

Ioniq 5 EV Level 4 robotaxis will be used by Lyft and Motional to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Los Angeles. The two businesses, which earlier this year began providing public rides in Las Vegas, will start serving Los Angeles as their second location.

Exactly two years have passed since Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, began testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. The Ioniq 5 vehicles will be included into Lyft’s Los Angeles network, similar to the Las Vegas service. The Lyft app may be used to unlock the doors when the car arrives, and there is a passenger display in every car that can be used to reach a remote agent at any time. According to a statement from Lyft CEO Logan Green, “Los Angeles was the second location Lyft debuted back in 2013 and it’s only natural that it will be the second AV market we launch with our partner, Motional.” According to Motional CEO Karl Iagnemma, “Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States and represents a big market opportunity for AV adoption.”

Motional claims to have used Lyft to provide over 100,000 trips in Las Vegas, with a five-star rating rate of more than 95%. Additionally, the business recently agreed to a 10-year contract with Uber, announcing that it will begin providing passenger trips later this year and that its vehicles will be “strategically placed” in US cities. Only Motional and the Alphabet subsidiary Waymo are providing truly autonomous services on a substantial scale. While Cruise rides are presently only available in San Francisco, the Waymo One service is currently available in Phoenix and San Francisco. Both are restricted to some urban areas, although safety riders are still used in some automobiles.

Motional and Lyft are now partnering up to provide driverless taxis in LA

Motional and Lyft are now partnering up to provide driverless taxis in LA

Ioniq 5 EV Level 4 robotaxis will be used by Lyft and Motional to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Los Angeles. The two businesses, which earlier this year began providing public rides in Las Vegas, will start serving Los Angeles as their second location.

Exactly two years have passed since Motional, a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, began testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers. The Ioniq 5 vehicles will be included into Lyft’s Los Angeles network, similar to the Las Vegas service. The Lyft app may be used to unlock the doors when the car arrives, and there is a passenger display in every car that can be used to reach a remote agent at any time. According to a statement from Lyft CEO Logan Green, “Los Angeles was the second location Lyft debuted back in 2013 and it’s only natural that it will be the second AV market we launch with our partner, Motional.” According to Motional CEO Karl Iagnemma, “Los Angeles is the second most populous city in the United States and represents a big market opportunity for AV adoption.”

Motional claims to have used Lyft to provide over 100,000 trips in Las Vegas, with a five-star rating rate of more than 95%. Additionally, the business recently agreed to a 10-year contract with Uber, announcing that it will begin providing passenger trips later this year and that its vehicles will be “strategically placed” in US cities. Only Motional and the Alphabet subsidiary Waymo are providing truly autonomous services on a substantial scale. While Cruise rides are presently only available in San Francisco, the Waymo One service is currently available in Phoenix and San Francisco. Both are restricted to some urban areas, although safety riders are still used in some automobiles.