The World's First Self-Driving Taxi Fleet Is Prepping For A Test Drive

The car of the future may well be driverless, wearing a pink mustache and arriving sooner than anyone expected. An executive at the transportation company Lyft announced in the Wall Street Journal Thursday that the company hopes to start testing a fleet of self-driving electric taxis within a year in partnership with General Motors. The auto giant invested 500 million in Lyft earlier this year with the clear intent of developing driverless technology. A source close to Lyft, who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak for the company, emphasized to The Huffington Post that the program is at a theoretical stage, rather than an imminent reality, at this time. While Lyft has long been an advocate for driverless technology, a fleet of self-driving taxis will be tested at GM's headquarters long before they hit public streets.