Aptiv · robotaxi
Aptiv self-driving BMW 5 Series
Lyft Las Vegas
BMW 5 Series sedans fitted with Aptiv's lidar, radar and cameras, offered to Lyft riders on set routes in Las Vegas. A human drove in parking lots and hotel driveways.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- ~30Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Ran what Aptiv called the largest open-to-the-public paid robotaxi pilot, reaching 100,000 paid rides on the Lyft app by February 2020.
Real-world use
Started as a one-week CES demo in January 2018 and grew into a standing Lyft service in Las Vegas with about 30 cars, always with a safety driver; the work passed to Motional in 2020.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2018-01
- Released
- 2018-05
Maker
AptivCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Las Vegas
- Fleet
- about 30 cars (BMWBLOG, June 2019)
- Rides, miles or loads
- 100,000 paid rides (Aptiv/Lyft, February 2020)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
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What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Aptiv self-driving BMW 5 Series (Lyft Las Vegas) is the only vehicle from Aptiv (later Motional) in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Aptiv self-driving BMW 5 Series (Lyft Las Vegas)Aptiv (later Motional) |  Easy Ride robo-vehicle (Nissan LEAF)Nissan with DeNASame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Drive.ai self-driving van (Nissan NV200)Drive.aiSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |  Uber ATG self-driving Volvo XC90Uber Advanced Technologies Group with Volvo CarsSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both past robots |
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| First shown | 2018-01 | 2017-12 | 2018-05 | 2017-02 |
| Status | Retired | Retired | Retired | Retired |
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Sources
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