Lyft, Waymo Ink Self-Driving Car Deal: Report

The partnership between the two has competitive implications for Uber Technologies Inc, the largest ridesharing company in the world

By Carandbike Team

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Published on May 15, 2017

Highlights

Waymo and Lyft will work on pilot projects & product development efforts
The allinace will threaten the likes the Uber
Waymo and Uber are fighting in court over self-driving technology

Google Inc's self-driving car unit, Waymo, and U.S. rideshare company Lyft Inc have signed a collaboration agreement to bring autonomous vehicle technology into the mainstream, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The alliance between the two show that many companies are trying to acquire a piece of the market for self-driving vehicles, which many believe will ultimately be a multibillion-dollar industry, the New York Times reported. Waymo and Lyft will work on pilot projects and product development efforts, the newspaper said. The partnership between the two has competitive implications for Uber Technologies Inc, the largest ridesharing company in the world, according to the New York Times. Waymo and Uber are fighting in court over self-driving technology that Waymo says was stolen by a former employee who founded another company that Uber later acquired. Both Uber and Lyft operate through applications on smartphones. Talks on the collaboration between Waymo and Lyft began last summer in discussions between Waymo's chief executive and the founders and leaders of Lyft, the newspaper reported. © Thomson Reuters 2017 (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)