Lyft co-founder says most of its cars will be autonomous in 5 years

Google and Uber have grabbed most of the attention regarding the advent of self-driving cars, but on Sunday, Lyft threw down the ultimate challenge: A majority of autonomous vehicles for Lyft within a mere five years.

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The bold claim was made by Lyft co-founder John Zimmer in a post on Medium outlining his company's vision for the next decade. 

"Within five years a fully autonomous fleet of cars will provide the majority of Lyft rides across the country," said Zimmer, indicating that early versions of such cars have been in operation in San Francisco and Phoenix.  Read more...

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