{"id":29593,"date":"2017-05-15T07:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T07:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=29593"},"modified":"2017-05-15T11:42:33","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T11:42:33","slug":"lyft-partners-waymo-launch-self-driving-car-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/business\/lyft-partners-waymo-launch-self-driving-car-pilots.html","title":{"rendered":"Lyft partners with Waymo to launch self-driving car pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tLyft partners with Waymo to launch self-driving car pilots<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tU.S. ride services company Lyft Inc and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) self-driving car unit Waymo have launched a self-driving vehicle partnership, bringing together two rivals to dominant ride-sharing service Uber Technologies Inc.[UBER.UL]<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLyft, the No. 2 U.S. ride service by ride volume, in a statement said a deal to launch self-driving pilots would accelerate its vision for transportation and Waymo, which is beginning tests of a self-driving car service in Phoenix, said the partnership would let its technology reach "more people, in more places".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tNeither offered many details of the agreement, which was reported earlier by the New York Times.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe auto industry and technology companies are racing to develop self-driving technology, which they expect in a number of years will transform transportation, cutting costs of ride services and changing the way people buy and use cars.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tUber is the biggest U.S. ride service by volume and has been developing self-driving technology, which it sees as a key to its future, as it expands its ride service with human drivers.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWaymo has some of the most advanced self-driving vehicle technology and has been looking for partners, while Lyft offers ride services in about 300 U.S. cities.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tStill, Lyft said the deal is non-exclusive and will allow it to continue a self-driving partnership with U.S. automaker General Motors Co (GM.N), which is a Lyft investor.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tGM plans to deploy thousands of self-driving electric cars in test fleets partnering with Lyft beginning 2018, sources told Reuters in February.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLyft is extremely early in its autonomous efforts. It has relied heavily on General Motors for any testing and doesn't have a program that rivals Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, a department in Uber dedicated to building self-driving technology.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tWaymo and Uber are fighting in court over self-driving technology that Waymo says was stolen by a former employee who founded another company that Uber later acquired. Uber says it did not steal or use Waymo secrets.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tTalks on the Waymo and Lyft collaboration between began last summer, a person familiar with the situation said.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-lyft-waymo-collaboration-idUSKCN18B02L<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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