Overview

• Waymo and Lyft announced a multi‑year partnership to bring fully autonomous rides to Nashville, with testing starting in the coming months and public service planned for 2026.
• Riders will initially hail Waymo vehicles through the Waymo app, with matching on Lyft’s platform phased in after launch as part of a new marketplace integration.
• Lyft’s Flexdrive unit will provide end‑to‑end fleet management in Nashville, including maintenance, charging, infrastructure and a new purpose‑built AV facility.
• This is Waymo’s first commercial deployment on Lyft’s network, following existing dispatch partnerships with Uber in Austin and Atlanta and a small Lyft pilot in Phoenix in 2019.
• Waymo expects the Nashville fleet to scale to hundreds of vehicles over time, and the announcement lifted Lyft shares while Uber declined in morning trading.