'Autonomous cars won't soon take the role of human drivers on Lyft'

San Francisco: Uber's rival ride-hailing platform Lyft's co-founder and President John Zimmer said that human drivers on the platform are not going to be replaced by autonomous vehicles anytime soon. According to TechCrunch, Zimmer said he "can't imagine anytime in the next decade-plus where we would need any less drivers". He noted that he envisions autonomous vehicles handling anywhere from 1 per cent to 10 per cent of rides in the future. "What we do in our industry represents maybe 1 per cent of vehicle miles traveled," Zimmer was quoted as saying. "There is much more room for growth of our overall business," he added.