Lyft’s Autonomous Vehicle Strategy: How Hybrid Networks, Partnerships & Fleets Will Change Rideshare
Jeremy Bird, EVP, Driver Experience, Lyft joined Grayson Brulte on The Road to Autonomy podcast to discuss Lyft’s approach to autonomous vehicles and why Lyft is embracing a hybrid network strategy.
As part of their autonomous vehicle strategy, Lyft is developing partnerships with autonomous vehicle developers and vehicle manufacturers that will enable them to put their AVs on the Lyft network. Lyft envisions a hybrid network, one where autonomous vehicle fleets, individually owned autonomous vehicle, and human drivers are all utilizing the and profiting from the Lyft network.
Recorded on Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Episode Chapters
- 0:00 Lyft’s Current Thinking on Autonomy
- 1:42 ETAs
- 2:46 Airports
- 6:43 Personally-Owned Autonomous Vehicles
- 9:31 Autonomous Vehicle Fleets
- 11:16 Lyft Ready Autonomous Vehicles
- 12:43 Hybrid Network Operations
- 18:12 May Mobility
- 23:31 Waymo
- 24:32 J.P. Morgan Partnership
- 26:08 Lyft AV Tier
- 27:18 Motoring Down the AV Superhighway
- 30:17 Tesla
- 31:31 Insurance
- 35:53 Lyft Culture
- 39:11 Future of Lyft
