Tuesday 2 January 2018

You can take a ride in a self-driving Lyft during CES

Lyft is partnering with self-driving technology company Aptiv to offer rides in its robot taxis during CES in Las Vegas next week. There will be a safety driver behind the wheel, so the trips will not be completely driverless. Unlike a normal Lyft experience, the cars will only travel to 20 preprogrammed destinations.

The news is notable, since most companies that come to CES to demonstrate self-driving technology do so in closed parking lots where they can control every aspect of the experience. Aptiv, which split off from automotive supplier Delphi last year, and Lyft, a newcomer to autonomous driving, are taking a big risk by conducting their demonstration on public roads, where pedestrians and other drivers help to make a completely...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/2/16841090/lyft-aptiv-self-driving-car-ces-2018

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2018/01/you-can-take-ride-in-self-driving-lyft.html

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