The cooperation between the supplier Magna and the driving service Lyft is bearing fruit, which will be presented at the NAIAS.
The NAIAS, the North America International Auto Show in Detroit, was once the first important auto show of the year. But in the meantime, the CES has outgrown the fair, especially in the area of Autonomous driving, Therefore, on the NAIAS no longer represent so many manufacturers. But the supplier Magna and the driving service Lyft are present there and show their novelties.
Lyft vehicle. Source: vision-mobility.de
Magna has recently completed some new collaborations. Among them are startups like May Mobility or manufacturers like BMW, Also with the industry leader Waymo The Canadian-Austrian company is based in Canada. Such are the vehicles, the cooperation of Waymo and Jaguar Land Rover grown up, also by Magna Steyr in Austria co-produced.
Together With Lyft Magna also fiddles with autonomous driving. The composite team includes about 300 people. Together they develop components and conduct tests. The first tests have now been completed. They tested Autonomous Shuttles, which have Level 5 (full autonomy), in California, For that one has the region between Palo Alto and Caltrain station in San Francisco mapped.
The research results of the two companies are shared. In addition, Magna receives data from Lyft, which has already been recorded. These data are presented at the auto show in Detroit.
Later this year the manufacturer plans General Motorsto set up a robot taxi service in California. Waymo also wants to start there this year. However, only the startup has official approval for the use of a robotic taxi service in the US state Zoox, The cooperation block from Mercedes Benz and Bosch is planning a pilot project for this year in San Jose, which lies south of the test area of Magna and Lyft.
About David Flora
I’ve been writing about the topic of Autonomous & Connected Driving since 2011 and talk about it on other sites like the Smart Mobility Hub. I studied social sciences at the HU Berlin and since 2012 I am a freelance journalist. Contact: mail@autonomes-fahren.de