Lyft partners with Israeli companies Mobileye and Nexar to offer autonomous mobility at scale
Lyft partners with Israeli companies Mobileye and Nexar to offer autonomous mobility at scale
The partnerships aim to establish a foothold in the autonomous vehicle market starting in Atlanta next year.
Mobileye, an Israeli provider of self-driving technology and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), has announced with Lyft one of the largest transportation networks in North America, including plans to facilitate the commercialization of services for autonomous vehicles by industry-leading fleet operators.
The partnership with Mobileye was one of three announced with Lyft - the others being with May Mobility and another Israeli firm Nexar, which develops smart dashcams. All are aimed at establishing a foothold in the emerging autonomous vehicle market starting in Atlanta in 2025.
“Cooperating with leading mobility providers and operators are essential steps to bring autonomous mobility services to reality,” said Prof. Amnon Shashua, President and CEO of Mobileye. “Enabling Mobileye Drive with Lyft’s network of 40 million annual riders in North America would allow our AV customers to reach new markets and geographies with autonomous services and provide the benefits of the technology through a sustainable business.”
Mobileye provides AV technology to an ecosystem of purpose-built vehicle manufacturers, who integrate Mobileye’s AV technology in AV-ready vehicles for purchase by vehicle fleet operators and transportation service providers. The partnership intends to leverage Lyft’s network of 40 million annual riders and reputation as a transportation network in North America to provide a demand platform for Mobileye Drive-based AV fleets.
n the future, the hope is that AV operators who wish to deploy and manage large-scale fleets in various metropolitan areas in North America to purchase Mobileye Drive-equipped, ‘Lyft-ready’ vehicles from vehicle builders, access Lyft’s rider demand, and optimize utilization and profitability of their fleets.
“Mobileye’s full-stack technology is an important part of getting autonomous fleets Lyft-ready,” said David Risher, CEO at Lyft. “As we make more AVs available to our 40 million annual riders, we’re laser-focused on building a platform where fleet owners will be proud to put their assets to work. We welcome Mobileye as an important strategic partner on the road to an autonomous future.”
Lyft also will partner with Nexar to OEMS and AV companies with better insights. The companies will pair Nexar’s 45 petabytes of real-world footage that spans 200 million miles driven monthly with Lyft’s anonymized and aggregated marketplace data and create “a comprehensive and robust dataset for AV technology development.”
The deal comes following an announcement in September that Zach Greenberger left his role as chief business officer at Lyft to become the CEO of Nexar.
