Lyft and Uber will begin including autonomous vehicles in their networks in Atlanta and Arlington, Texas starting later this year.
Lyft and Uber will begin using robotaxis in their rideshare fleets in Atlanta and Arlington, Texas, respectively, later this year, reports Dan Zukowski in Smart Cities Dive.
The autonomous vehicles are operated by May Mobility, and deployments will begin with ‘standby operators’ in the car. May currently operates fleets in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Minnesota, and Martinez, California and primarily serve older residents and people with mobility challenges. “The company says its AV technology can handle narrow city streets, provides more human-like maneuvering around obstacles like double-parked cars and delivers smoother accelerations and braking.”
Other self-driving car operators, such as Waymo and Cruise, have run into problems with regulators after their vehicles blocked emergency vehicles and, in one case, dragged and seriously injured a pedestrian. GM shut down its Cruise self-driving division at the end of 2024. In June, Tesla announced its plans to deploy self-driving taxis in Austin, where the city is barred by state law from regulating autonomous cars.
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