Motional and Lyft will launch a robotaxi service in Los Angeles
by Andrew J. Hawkins from The Verge - All Posts on (#65Y4Y)
Motional Motional, the autonomous vehicle joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, is bringing its robotaxis to Los Angeles, where they will be available to hail through the Lyft app.
The service is comprised of Motional's fleet of Hyundai Ioniq 5 electric vehicles, which will be fully autonomous at the time of launch and not require a human safety driver behind the wheel.
The company would not say when exactly the service will go live, though. We plan to reveal timing when we are closer to launch," a Motional spokesperson said. Previously, Motional said it wouldn't deploy fully autonomous vehicles until 2023, so it's probably safe to assume that LA residents won't be able to hail one of the company's vehicles until at least January.
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