Lyft announces a brand new partnership to bring its first self-driving cars to Boston

Lyft is adding yet another new name to its growing list of official self-driving partners — and this one already has an established track record of putting autonomous cars on real life streets.

The ride hailing company just announced a new agreement with nuTonomy, the MIT-founded startup that was the first to test a self-driving program carrying passengers alongside real traffic on city streets. That pilot program started in Singapore in August 2016, beating Uber's Pittsburgh program to the road by a month. There, nuTonomy teamed with ride-hailing app Grab to connect with the public on a limited basis.   Read more...