Lyft announced on Wednesday that it will begin offering fully autonomous vehicles to its customers in 2023.
In partnership with Motional, the cars will be available in a select group of U.S. cities that have yet to be announced.
Motional has worked with Hyundai and Aptiv on a new generation of vehicles that will be able to operate fully driverless. A small group of self-driving vehicles has been active in a pilot program in Las Vegas for some time, but those vehicles have a safety driver in the car. The new vehicles won’t need one.
“As people consider trying new technologies, they’ll look to a brand like Lyft — one they know they can trust,” the company said in a statement to the Washington Examiner. “Today, our experience providing more than 100,000 self-driving paid rides in the Lyft app has shown us the critical role that a trusted rideshare network plays in driving mainstream adoption of this new technology. 96% of passengers tell us they want to ride again once they’ve taken a self-driving ride and 98% of riders rated their self-driving ride 5 stars.”
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