Lyft shares pop on Waymo deal to bring robotaxis to Nashville

Partnership with Waymo Uber To bring Robotaxisi to Atlanta and Austin to Texas. Now comes together Lyft For the first time in a commercial agreement that will enter Nashville next year.

LYFT Stock Stock has climbed 10% to the news.

In a joint statement on Wednesday, companies said that the riders in Nashville will be able to greet a Waymo Robotaxi through Waymo One application and that Lyft will add Waymo Robotaxis to the platform.

Lyft “Waymo fleet” Nashville’deki vehicle preparation and maintenance, infrastructure and warehouse operations such as end -to -end fleet management services, “he said.

Waymo AlphabetPhoenix, San Francisco and Los Angeles, as well as Austin and Atlanta released in the US Robotaxi market has been a major leadership. In May, he exceeded 10 million paid trips and is planning to start commercial operations in Miami, Washington, DC, Dallas, Denver and now Nashville next year.

Tesla And Amazon Zoox has limited tests. Smaller players such as Wayve, Nuro and May Mobility are also working on driverless technology in the USA

In international markets, Waymo faces the most challenging opponent. Baidu’s Apollo Go Service. In August, Baidu announced a partnership with Lyft to bring driverless taxis to Europe next year. A month ago, Baidu, Uber and the United States and the mainland in the markets outside China to distribute autonomous cars this year, starting from Asia and Middle East, he said.

Lyft worked with Waymo in 2019 at a pilot in the Phoenix region. Driving greeting company launched a test program with May Mobility in Atlanta at the beginning of this month.

LYFT can use help to keep up with Uber, who expands his leadership against his smaller opponent. Uber’s market value exceeded $ 200 billion, which made it about 25 times more valuable than LYFT.