Tech IndustryApr 26, 2021
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Lyft sells Level 5 to Toyota

Ride-hailing company Lyft has sold off its autonomous vehicle unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet Holdings subsidiary for $550 million https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/26/lyft-sells-self-driving-unit-to-toyotas-woven-planet-for-550m/

Lyft sells self-driving unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet for $550M – TechCrunch
Lyft sells self-driving unit to Toyota’s Woven Planet for $550M – TechCrunch
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Volvo gamaken Apr 26, 2021

Wow that's cheap

Amazon bezoszuxk Apr 26, 2021

Ikr not even a billion dollars

Lyft Aaqq17 Apr 26, 2021

Uber had to pay 400 million dollars to get rid of it's self driving division.

Lyft gfdgkxaaa Apr 26, 2021

Good for Lyft. Losses are less now.

RBC BigNIntern Apr 26, 2021

Did you guys make a profit on this sale?

NVIDIA dhdjdndnx Apr 26, 2021

What does this mean for the employees that work on it? Do they get much out of it?

Lyft lyft82 Apr 26, 2021

They become Toyota employees in the long-term. Not in l5 so not aware of comp change details.

Cruise gxix85 Apr 26, 2021

How does Lyft AV’s fit in Toyota? I thought Toyota already has TRI that works on autonomous 🚗

Toyota xLtw31 Apr 27, 2021

TRI doesn’t focus as much on autonomous - more on driver assist and robotics