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03-08-2018, 08:16 PM
Lyft tests self-driving cars in massive new training facility
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It's not just Uber and Waymo racing to put self-driving cars on the road. Ride-hailing app Lyft has been building its self-driving car program (https://mashable.com/2017/11/22/lyft-california-self-driving-permit/), and on Thursday, its fleet got a training boost.
Using test cars built at its own autonomous car development center, Lyft is running its cars through the ultimate challenge at a Bay Area test facility.
SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in a self-driving Lyft (https://mashable.com/2018/01/08/lyft-aptiv-self-driving-ces/)
Lyft will test its self-driving vehicles at GoMentum Station (https://twitter.com/gomentum)'s 5,000-acre training ground in Concord, California — about a 30-mile drive east of San Francisco.*
The closed training facility is where the local county transportation agency brings together car makers, tech companies, researchers, academics, and other specialists to develop new transportation ideas — and see if the vehicles can take it. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/lyft-self-driving-car-test-course/)
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It's not just Uber and Waymo racing to put self-driving cars on the road. Ride-hailing app Lyft has been building its self-driving car program (https://mashable.com/2017/11/22/lyft-california-self-driving-permit/), and on Thursday, its fleet got a training boost.
Using test cars built at its own autonomous car development center, Lyft is running its cars through the ultimate challenge at a Bay Area test facility.
SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in a self-driving Lyft (https://mashable.com/2018/01/08/lyft-aptiv-self-driving-ces/)
Lyft will test its self-driving vehicles at GoMentum Station (https://twitter.com/gomentum)'s 5,000-acre training ground in Concord, California — about a 30-mile drive east of San Francisco.*
The closed training facility is where the local county transportation agency brings together car makers, tech companies, researchers, academics, and other specialists to develop new transportation ideas — and see if the vehicles can take it. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/03/08/lyft-self-driving-car-test-course/)
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