{"id":12374,"date":"2022-08-16T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/16\/lyft-and-motionals-all-electric-robotaxi-service-is-now-live-in-las-vegas\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T14:37:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T14:37:11","slug":"lyft-and-motionals-all-electric-robotaxi-service-is-now-live-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/08\/16\/lyft-and-motionals-all-electric-robotaxi-service-is-now-live-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft and Motional\u2019s all-electric robotaxi service is now live in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A new robotaxi service has officially launched for public use in Las Vegas. It\u2019s being run by Lyft and an autonomous vehicle company called Motional and is a prelude to a fully driverless service that is set to launch in the city in 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Motional, which is a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv, has been testing its autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas through a joint partnership with Lyft for over four years now. The testing began as a weeklong pilot between Aptiv and Lyft during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in 2018<\/a> and has since gone on to complete over 100,000 passenger trips.<\/p>\n

Today, the companies are announcing the public launch of that service, marking the first time that customers can hail a ride in one of the company\u2019s autonomous, all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles that has been modified for commercial operations. A safety driver will remain behind the steering wheel in case something goes wrong, similar to how other robotaxi services have launched over the years. But Motional and Lyft say fully driverless vehicles will join the service next year. <\/p>\n

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