Company relaunches rides with self-driving BMWS

Autonomous Lyft rides are returning to the Strip.

Motional, in partnership with Lyft, is bringing back the self-driving rides in autonomous BMW 5 series vehicles after halting the service amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Motional, a driverless technology company, is a venture between Aptiv and the Hyundai Motor Group that formed in August.

The service relaunches with enhanced safety and cleaning measures in place to ensure the passengers and safety driver are not exposed to possible virus transmission.

“We’ve put extensive measures in place to keep our fleet thoroughly and frequently sanitized, and our passengers safe and healthy,” said

Karl Iagnemma, president and CEO of Motional.

The protective measures include a partition between the front and rear seats, vehicle operators wearing personal protective equipment, and vehicle sanitization at the start of each shift, the end of each day and between rides.