May Mobility is entering a multiyear partnership with Lyft to launch autonomous vehicles in the Lyft app. The companies will launch the first deployment, a fleet of May Mobility’s Toyota Sienna Autono-MaaS vehicles, in Atlanta in 2025.
May Mobility and Lyft will now begin planning for the first deployment, including service area, hours of operation, fleet size and more. The partnership aims to expand May Mobility’s AV fleet on Lyft’s network over the coming years. Initial deployments will use safety operators and then transition to fully autonomous operations.
Each May Mobility vehicle is equipped with the company’s patented Multi-Policy Decision Making (MPDM) technology that uses in-situ AI to interpret data in real time, continuously learning and adapting to complex driving conditions to help create a safer ride.
“Partnering with Lyft will open up new markets for us to operate in, granting greater mobility to more people, more quickly,” said Edwin Olson, co-founder and CEO of May Mobility.
Jeremy Bird, EVP at Lyft, said, “Riders in Atlanta will soon find taking an autonomous ride with May Mobility as simple and intuitive as any other Lyft mode. At Lyft, we’re making it simple for partners to plug their assets into our network and take advantage of our marketplace engine.”