Motional, a self-driving car company with operations in Pittsburgh’s Hazelwood Green neighborhood, and ride-hailing platform Lyft have partnered together to bring fully autonomous and no-human-required “robotaxis” to several major cities by 2023.
“This agreement is a testament to our global leadership in driverless technology. We’re at the frontier of transportation innovation, moving robotaxis from research to road,” Karl Iagnemma, president and CEO of Motional, said in a release. “Our aim is to not only build safe, reliable, and accessible driverless vehicles, but to deliver them at significant scale. We’re partnering with Lyft to do exactly that.”
According to the release, Motional will deliver next-generation robotaxis to Lyft that are based on a Hyundai vehicle platform. Fixed with new sensors, computers and software, the fully-driverless vehicles will be able to pick a person up and drop them off at their desired destination without any human assistance.
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