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Motional and Lyft to Launch a Driverless Ride-hail Service in Los Angeles
The service will use Motional’s all-electric IONIQ 5 robotaxis and will be the first time autonomous vehicles are available on the Lyft app in LA. Follow Motional on social media for details on when the service is launching and how you can catch a ride.
The Latest from Motional
Check out our recent news and blogs to learn more about our advanced technology, safety approach, innovative research, and more.
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Motional and Uber Announce Industry-leading Multimarket Commercial Agreement for Autonomous Ride-hail and Delivery Services
Motional and Uber announce 10-year commercial agreement to deploy Motional's driverless robotaxis in cities across the U.S.
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Engineering For Delivery: How Motional designed the IONIQ 5 robotaxi to move people – and goods
Motional engineers and product designers are creating an AV capable of serving dual purposes without losing functionality for either.
DriverlessEd
Do you have questions about autonomous vehicles? Want to learn more about the technology? Motional created a four-part series, DriverlessEd, to help people better understand AVs, the technology behind them, and their benefits.
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DriverlessEd Chapter 4: Ready For Launch
Chapter 4 of Motional's DriverlessEd series details the behind-the-scenes work that takes place before robotaxis can start picking up passengers, including creating high-detail street maps, building a garage, and completing test drives.
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DriverlessEd Chapter 3: Enjoying the Driverless Ride
Chapter 3 of Motional's DriverlessEd series explains how AV companies like Motional are using research to understand what makes a ride comfortable, the types of features passengers expect, ways to make the vehicles accessible, and even how AVs can communicate with people.
Technically Speaking
Motional's Technically Speaking series takes a deep drive into how our top team of engineers and scientists are making driverless vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality.
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Technically Speaking: Predicting the future in real time for safer autonomous driving
Motional uses multi-modal prediction models to more accurately predict and anticipate what agents around our AVs are going to do next.
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Technically Speaking: Mining for scenarios to help better train our AVs
Motional is using AI to sift through mountains of vehicle data to find the unique driving scenarios needed to make AV tech smarter.
