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Toyota is buying Lyft’s autonomous car division for $550 million

Toyota is buying Lyft’s autonomous car division for $550 million
Lyft is selling its autonomous vehicle division to a subsidiary of Toyota – the latest in a series of acquisitions that is seeing the world of self-driving cars grow increasingly smaller. Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota, will acquire Lyft’s self-driving division, Level 5, for $550 million in cash – $200 million of which was provided to Lyft up front.

The Road To Autonomy Podcast

‎The Road to Autonomy: Doing Good In The World on Apple Podcasts
‎Jody Kelman, Director of Product Management, Self-Driving Platform, Lyft joins Grayson Brulte on The Road To Autonomy Podcast to discuss why self-driving cars are creating a better world.

Exclusive: GM CEO Mary Barra on the race to be first with self-driving cars
A plan to deploy a robotaxi fleet by the end of 2019 already seems in jeopardy.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-16/mobileye-expects-to-see-self-driving-cabs-hit-the-road-in-2020

The Strange Mating Rituals of Self-Driving Car Companies
The autonomous vehicle industry is looking a lot like a middle-school dance. Monday, Aurora and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced they would work together to put the startup’s self-driving tech, called Aurora Driver, into FCA’s commercial vehicles, including cargo vans and Ram pickup trucks.

The Auto Industry Is Nowhere Near The On-Ramp For Self-Driving Cars
Despite Elon Musk’s bullishness, the truth is the global auto industry is years away from developing a fully-autonomous vehicle, and I don’t think we will such cars on the road until the end of the next decade at the earliest.

Aptiv’s self-driving BMWs have made more than 50,000 rides on the Lyft app in Las Vegas
A little more than a year ago, self-driving software company Aptiv and Lyft launched a pilot project to test a robotaxi service – with human safety drivers still behind the wheel – in Las Vegas during the week of CES. That one-week pilot never ended. And now, the companies say they’ve given m…

Waymo’s self-driving cars are now available on Lyft’s app in Phoenix
Lyft riders in the Phoenix area will soon be able to summon one of Waymo’s self-driving minivans for a ride, the companies said Tuesday. It’s the culmination of a partnership that was first announced almost two years ago exactly. To start out, just 10 vehicles will be available on Lyft’s app in the handful of towns around Phoenix.

https://www.fleetforward.com/333752/av-b2b-delivery-startup-partners-with-walmart

GM’s Mary Barra stands by Cruise’s cautious strategy amid Tesla’s full self-driving push
A recent interview with GM CEO Mary Barra from Axios has provided some of the executive’s insights about full self-driving solutions, competition from Tesla, and the Detroit-based company’s strategy for the deployment of its autonomous driving tech. Barra proved conservative, emphasizing that GM will not deploy its full self-driving suite until it is safer than …

Domino’s serves up self-driving pizza delivery pilot in Houston
Domino’s really emphasizes its commitment to ‘innovation,’ but even if it’s a marketing tactic, the global pizza brand does indeed walk the walk. Case in point: It’s launching a new pilot for self-driving pizza delivery in Houston in partnership with Nuro. Autonomous d…