Lyft
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Ride-hailing company Lyft says it's set to launch robotaxis powered by Mobileye tech as soon as 2026, starting in Dallas, Texas. It'll subsequently arrive in more cities with thousands of self-driving cabs, with a fleet operated by Japan's Marubeni.
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Back in 2017, Ford made a significant investment in startup Argo, and the pair are now bringing Lyft into the fold in an effort to deploy autonomous ride-hailing on a commercial scale, with the first rides to take place later this year.
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The global pandemic has caused many commuters to rethink how they get to work, with short-term hire a good option for those who can't afford to own. Lyft has been offering ebikes for a few years now, but has just announced its first in-house model.
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Ridesharing company Lyft has today outlined a vision to transition to 100 percent electric vehicles by the end of the decade, an ambitious plan that involves moving all cars used across its platform to zero-tailpipe-emission technologies.
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As ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft have surged in popularity in the past decade, so too have the emissions arising from the transportation sector, according to a new report from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Weekday travel times in the Golden Gate city increased a shocking 62 percent between 2010 and 2016. A growing number of studies are finding that ride sharing services are chiefly to blame The latest ran simulated traffic models with and without ride shares to determine how much impact they make.
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In a move that should give Lyft passengers that warm fuzzy feeling of helping the environment while getting from A to B, the ride-sharing company has announced that all its rides around the world will be carbon neutral – starting today.
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Lyft is busy forging partnerships with companies big and small in pursuit of its ride-sharing future, the latest of which is Drive.ai, a self-driving technology firm spun out of Stanford University. The two are now preparing to kick off trials of self-driving cars in and around San Francisco.
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Lyft is making a habit of teaming up with big names, as it explores new ways of moving people around. The latest is Disney Parks, which has today announced an on-demand mobility service that will ferry visitors around resorts in Lyft's so-called Minnie Vans.
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Scientists at MIT have devised a new algorithm that suggests almost all of the city's 14,000 or so taxis could be replaced by just 3,000 ride-sharing vehicles, all without significantly impacting travel time.
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For nearly two years, a dashboard-mounted glowing moustache has helped Lyft users identify the service's cars. The problem is, this doesn't help identify whether it's your Lyft car. Enter the Amp: a new LED light that will display different colors and messages to help Lyft users spot their ride.