Phoenix, get ready for self-driving taxis, compliments of Lyft and Waymo
Lyft Inc.’s ride-hailing app will soon begin offering rides from self-driving cars operated by Waymo LLC in suburban Phoenix, in what would be one of the bigger commercial deployments of robot taxis so far.
Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., said it will initially deploy 10 vehicles with safety operators behind the wheel through the Lyft app in the next few months. Lyft users in the Phoenix area will be able to select a Waymo vehicle from the app for eligible rides. Terms of the partnership weren’t...
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