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Lyft and Baidu plan to bring their robotaxis to the UK and Germany next year
Lyft and Baidu's European robotaxi fleet is set to debut in 2026.
After the first rollouts — which are earmarked for Asia and the Middle East later this year — the companies have their designs set on Europe. Once the robotaxis start operations in a given market, consumers will be able to book rides in them via the Lyft app. Lyft says that it will leverage its recent acquisition of taxi company Freenow to speed up deployment of autonomous vehicles, given that platform's established foothold in the UK and Germany.
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