Lyft now has
permission to
test self-driving cars on
California's roads
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Lyft just took a small but essential step forward in the development of its own
self-driving car project.*
The
California DMV granted the rapidly growing ride-hailing company
permission to
test autonomous vehicles on the state's public roads. The registration, which the DMV gives after the submission of an application and an annual $150 fee, has become a rite of passage of sorts for the various AV projects from automakers, tech companies, and startups that are currently racing to develop their own platforms. **
Registering with the state means that
Lyft will now have to submit certain information to the DMV about its operations, most significantly an annual disengagement report detailing the number of times human operators had to take control of
test vehicles.
Lyft joins the likes of massive companies like Volkswagen, Waymo, Apple, and Ford with the registration, rounding out the full list of testers to 45.*
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