AUSTIN – Self-driving startup Argo AI on Tuesday mentioned it had launched driverless autos in Miami, Florida and Austin, Texas, however added the autos initially have been used for in-house testing, with business purposes following at an unspecified time.
Argo, backed by Ford and Volkswagen AG, has examined its robotaxis on public roads in each cities for a number of years, however till right now included security drivers behind the wheel.
The corporate permits ride-hail, supply and logistics corporations to combine its driverless autos into their operations.
An Argo AI spokeswoman mentioned ride-hail service Lyft and grocery big Walmart have been operating pilot packages integrating the know-how.
“Our driverless operations are initially targeted on conducting worker rides utilizing our internally-developed trip hailing take a look at app,” the spokeswoman mentioned. “We’ll combine driverless into business operations on the acceptable time.”