Lyft to offer rides in self-driving cars in San Francisco

A self-driving car will soon be one ride option available from Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, as the ride-services company ramps up its efforts to become a serious player in autonomous vehicle technology. Lyft said on Thursday that self-driving cars will soon be dispatched to certain passengers who request a ride through the app in the area. The cars will come from Drive.ai, a Mountain View, California, startup that builds software to turn cars into autonomous vehicles. A self-driving car will soon be one ride option available from Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lyft will partner up with Drive.Ai, a startup that builds software to turn cars into autonomous vehicles It is the latest in a string of partnerships between Lyft and an autonomous car company, but it is the one with the most immediate impact to Lyft passengers.