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Lyft will offer rides in a fleet of Toyota Sienna minivans equipped with autonomous technology developed by May Mobility.

The Guangzhou-headquartered firm’s optimism comes as it eyes new markets in Europe. Road testing is being carried out in Luxembourg.

The results landed just hours after Uber issued a better-than-expected forecast for the third quarter and exceeded Wall Street’s expectations on gross bookings.

The driverless shuttles will initially be deployed in partnership with airports and cities, dovetailing with the company’s recent revival of pooled rides at U.S. airports.

Berlin-based Vay is best known in the U.S. for introducing remotely driven cars to rental customers in Las Vegas, viewed as a twist on the rideshare experience offered by Uber or Lyft.

New York City on June 20 announced new minimum-pay rules for rideshare drivers, settling on a smaller-than-proposed 5% increase following pushback from Uber Technologies and Lyft.

The company has been spending more time pitching its vision for the future of its gig-economy business model as it plays catch-up in offering autonomous rides.

The permit will allow Tesla initially to carry its employees on a prearranged basis in company-owned vehicles, before later transporting members of the public.

Lyft will launch driverless rides with technology vendor and Intel spinoff Mobileye Global in Dallas as soon as 2026, building on a partnership that was first announced last November.

Price-guarantee plans represent a potential new source of revenue for Uber, which said recently that a slowdown in U.S. rideshare bookings has been weighing on its core mobility unit.