Lyft tests self-driving cars in massive new training facility
 

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, 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.

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Lyft will test its self-driving vehicles at GoMentum Station'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...

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