Lyft and Motional to offer driverless taxi rides in Los Angeles
Lyft and Motional have announced plans to launch a driverless ride-hailing service in Los Angeles using Ioniq 5 EV Level 4 robotaxis. Los Angeles will be the second city serviced by the two companies, which started offering public rides in Las VegasMotional, a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, has been testing autonomous vehicles without safety drivers for. As with the Las Vegas service, the Ioniq 5 vehicles will be integrated into Lyft's Los Angeles network.
"Los Angeles was the second city Lyft launched back in 2013 and it’s only fitting that it will be the second AV market we launch with our partner, Motional," said Lyft CEO Logan Green in a statement."Los Angeles is the second most populated city in the U.S. and represents a huge market opportunity for AV adoption," added Motional CEO Karl Iagnemma.You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu.
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