Lyft will add autonomous shuttles made by Austrian producer Benteler Group to its community in late 2026, the corporate introduced Friday. The shuttles will probably be deployed in partnership with U.S. cities and airports, in line with Lyft, however may increase out from there if issues go nicely.
The partnership will let Lyft use city electrical shuttles made by Benteler’s mobility division underneath the Holon model. The shuttles won’t have a steering wheel or pedals and can characteristic inward-facing seats for as much as 9 seated and 6 standing passengers, in line with Bloomberg Information, which first reported the Benteler partnership on Friday
The tie-up comes amid a flurry of bulletins from Lyft’s predominant rival, Uber, which has not too long ago added robotaxis from Waymo and WeRide in numerous cities all over the world. Uber can be engaged on including robotaxis from Baidu, Pony AI, Momenta, Could Mobility, Volkswagen, Wayve, and simply final week introduced a take care of Nuro and Lucid Motors.
Regardless of years of testing with numerous companions, Lyft continues to be engaged on including autonomous automobiles to its personal fleet of automobiles. The corporate plans to place AVs from Could Mobility on its community in Atlanta later this yr. It’s additionally working with autonomy supplier Mobileye, although it’s not clear who would make these automobiles.
Mobileye’s tech is what powers the Holon shuttles, although Lyft informed Bloomberg that these aren’t the identical offers.
