Overview
- Waymo removed human safety drivers from its Nashville test vehicles, moving to fully driverless trials.
- A commercial service in the city is slated for this year through a partnership with Lyft.
- Riders will initially hail trips in the Waymo One app before access expands to the Lyft app as operations grow.
- Lyft’s Flexdrive subsidiary will manage fleet services, including vehicle readiness, charging and depot operations.
- Metro Nashville police have been trained to interact with the vehicles as federal agencies investigate recent incidents that led to two voluntary software recalls.