Toyota acquires Lyft's self-driving unit for US$500 million
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TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp has acquired the self-driving division of American ride-hailing company Lyft for US$500 million, in a move that underlines the Japanese automaker’s ambitions in that technology.
The acquisition, announced Tuesday (Apr 27), was carried out by Woven Planet Holdings, a Toyota subsidiary that began business in January and focuses on innovations and investment in projects such as “smart cities", robotics and automated driving.
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The Woven Planet project will bring together engineers and researchers in mobility services, as well as the software and sensor assets and automated driving systems to further develop the technology, according to Toyota.