Lyft tests self-driving cars in massive new training facility (Mashable)

It’s not just Uber and Waymo racing to put self-driving cars on the road.

Ride-hailing app Lyft has been building its self-driving car program, and on Thursday, its fleet got a training boost.

Using test cars built at its own autonomous car development center, Lyft is running its cars through the ultimate challenge at a Bay Area automated vehicle test facility.

Lyft will test its self-driving vehicles at GoMentum Station’s 5,000-acre training ground in Concord, California — about a 30-mile drive east of San Francisco.

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