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Lyft has bought its self-driving division to a Toyota subsidiary known as Woven Planet for $550 million—the newest signal that it takes deep pockets to compete within the self-driving enviornment. Lyft’s most important competitor, Uber, bought its personal self-driving unit to the well-financed startup Aurora again in December.
Lyft introduced its self-driving mission again in 2017, a time of maximum optimism about self-driving expertise. A number of months earlier, in late 2016, Lyft President John Zimmer predicted {that a} majority of Lyft rides could be dealt with by self-driving autos by 2021.
Clearly, that is not going to occur. As we speak, Alphabet’s Waymo is working a small taxi service within the Phoenix space. In addition to that, nobody is working totally driverless taxi companies within the US, and most different firms aren’t anticipated to introduce driverless merchandise this yr.
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