Lyft and GM believe that Express Drive will help the pair lay the infrastructure for fleets of self-driving cars down the road. But one of the more immediate aims of Express Drive is simply to put more Lyft vehicles on the streets today.
This is genius stuff. If you make cars and want to make self-driving cars, why not also be your own taxi service. I’m surprised that Chrysler, Ford didn’t buy out companies like Hertz years ago.