Lyft is also partnering with robotaxi companies

Lyft is teaming up with a trio of autonomous driving startups arsenic it races to support up with Uber, which has besides struck a fig of deals to enactment robotaxis connected its platform.

Today, the ridehail institution said it was teaming up with 3 antithetic autonomous driving companies: Mobileye, May Mobility, and Nexar. Mobileye and May Mobility program connected deploying autonomous vehicles connected Lyft’s network, portion Nexar, which makes astute dash cams, volition enactment with Lyft connected utilizing its “video telematics to make data-driven solutions that accelerate the deployment of AV technologies.”

Nexar said it has “over 45 petabytes of real-world footage, spanning 200 cardinal miles driven monthly, with implicit 5 trillion images and implicit 59 cardinal videos,” which it says creates “a broad and robust dataset for AV exertion development.”

Lyft says it’s pioneering what it calls its “Lyft ready” turnkey solution for AV operators successful which the institution serves arsenic a one-stop store for a assortment of autonomous services, depending connected the locale.

“Lyft’s purpose is to link AVs, drivers, riders and partners to make caller opportunities for all,” Lyft CEO David Risher said successful a statement. “Our rideshare web volition proceed to germinate arsenic millions of radical volition person the accidental to gain billions of dollars whether they take to drive, enactment their AVs into service, oregon both.”

The announcement was a small threadbare successful presumption of details. Mobileye, which is owned by Intel, volition deploy vehicles equipped with its autonomous technology connected Lyft’s platform. Meanwhile, May Mobility volition straight deploy its autonomous Toyota Sienna minivans to the Lyft level successful Atlanta starting successful 2025.