Lyft will receive $550 million in cash, with $200 million paid upfront. $350 million will be made in payments over five years. 300 people from Lyft Level 5 team will be integrated into Woven Planet.
Lyft will save $100 million per year. Lyft already has partnerships with AV developers. Lyft is working closely with the $4 billion Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture known as Motional and Waymo.
SOURCES- TechCrunch
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Remember in 2016 when they said that we'd all be taking self-driving taxis everywhere in 5 years? 5 years later and they sell their autonomous division to Toyota so I don't think that will be happening any time soon.
Hm.. What in Lyfts self-driving program is worth this much?