Lyft partners with Drive.ai to provide self-driving rides

When management upheaval, allegations of corporate espionage, and revelations of sexual harassment sent Uber into a public relations sinkhole, its long overshadowed rival Lyft shifted into overdrive. Drive.ai is a tech start-up that creates self-driving car sensors and software that can be retrofitted onto existing vehicles. SAN FRANCISCO -- Ride-hailing start-up Lyft may soon be picking up passengers in self-driving cars owned and powered by tech start-up Drive.ai, the two companies announced Thursday. When the program starts around Drive.ai's Mountain View headquarters, around 10 cars outfitted with the company's sensors and software will become a part of Lyft's free self-driving service, although passengers who are assigned an autonomous Lyft can opt out. "The purpose here is to see how passengers interact with autonomous vehicles, as well as to see how cities need to change to integrate them," Drive.ai