Next year, fully driverless rides are coming.
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Today, the companies are announcing the public launch of that service, marking the first time that customers can hail a ride in one of the company’s autonomous, all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles that has been modified for commercial operations. A safety driver will remain behind the steering wheel in case something goes wrong, similar to how other robotaxi services have launched over the years. But Motional and Lyft say fully driverless vehicles will join the service next year.
Customers hoping to ride in one of Motional’s autonomous vehicles will have access to a range of new features that make this service unique from Lyft’s traditional network of vehicles. For example, customers will be able to unlock the doors through the Lyft app. Once inside the vehicle, they’ll be able to start the ride or contact customer support from the new in-car Lyft AV app featured on an in-car touchscreen.
Currently, only a small handful of AV operators have actually deployed fully driverless vehicles, also known as Level 4 autonomous vehicles, on public roads. Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet, has been operating its Level 4 vehicles in the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona for several years now and isto do so in San Francisco. Cruise, a majority-owned subsidiary of General Motors, has a commercial service running with its driverless vehicles in San Francisco, but only at night.
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