You can now take a driverless Lyft in Austin. Here's what you need to know

Your next ride in Austin could be driverless. Ride-hailing company Lyft is now offering riders the option of choosing an autonomous vehicle in some areas of Austin. When it established a partnership with Ford and Argo last year, Lyft said that it planned to expand its autonomous vehicles to Austin this year. Ford and Argo have been operating in Austin since 2019 to test autonomous vehicle technology, deploying prototypes to establish the city as a proving ground. Driverless vehicles have been tested in Austin since at least 2015.