Tishin Donkersly, Tech.co (excerpt)

This collaboration and investment will allow Lyft to step up to the plate and begin to develop and test their version of mobility services, including autonomous vehicles.

According to The State of Autonomous Vehicles, by Brian Solis, Principal Analyst at Altimeter, we are in the mist of a “transportation renaissance that will effect every industry. [Currently] there are over 22 automakers and 34 hardware/software companies helping to develop self-driving cars.”