The American giant GM is preparing to move forward with a pilot program in partnership with Lyft, which will put a fleet of new autonomous vehicles on the US roads.
In partnership with Lyft – a Californian company that, like Uber, provides transport services – General Motors announced that it will start a test phase of a new autonomous driving technology for the Chevrolet Bolt, the electric compact that will be marketed in Europe as the Opel Ampera-e.The program starts in 2017 in a US city yet to be determined and will be based on Lyft's current service. In addition to the “normal” vehicles used by the carrier, customers will be able to request a completely autonomous car that will travel according to the instructions indicated.
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However, current regulations require that all vehicles have a driver, and as such, self-contained Chevrolet Bolt models will have a person at the wheel who will only intervene in case of danger. The autonomous driving technology was purchased by GM from Cruise Automation last March for around 880 million euros.
Source: The Wall Street Journal