Starting in 2018, General Motors Co. is allegedly planning to take off a huge number of self-driving cars in a partnership with Lyft Inc. It is expected that this will be the biggest trial of completely independent vehicles by any significant automaker before 2020.

According to Reuters, a large portion of equipped version of the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle will be utilized by San Francisco-based Lyft, which will test them in its ride-sharing fleet in a few states. However, General Motors has no quick plans to sell the Bolt AV to individual clients.

The report claims that there are many vehicles created for this test would go to Lyft's ride-sharing fleet all over the country, where the cars could be tested in true circumstances. There does not have all any intent on giving these cars beyond public on what a rider may experience when requiring a Lyft.

CNET reported that General Motors said it had nothing to include, however, there are claims that the organization stated, " We have said that our AV innovation will show up in an on-demand ride-sharing system application sooner than everyone might suspect."

GM's Maven car offers operation likely will be included to Lyft in building up a commercial ride-sharing business around self-driving vehicles like Bolt AV. In mid-December, Chief Executive Mary Barra said that GM would start constructing a completely independent version of the Bolt EV in early 2017 at its Orion Township plant north of Detroit.

GM has heavily invested in Lyft of $500 million in the company known for its pink mustaches, and it struck the leftover of another ride-sharing start-up to support Lyft's offerings. GM declared in early December that it would build and test self-sufficient Bolt EVs locally. Lyft competitor Uber additionally said it would assemble an autonomous research center in Michigan, which is great since it is not on the best of the term with California.

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