Robotaxis’ vomit problem: There’s no one to clean up the mess


  • TECH
  • Monday, 17 Jul 2017

A fleet of Uber's Ford Fusion self driving cars are shown during a demonstration of self-driving automotive technology in Pittsburgh, U.S., September 13, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo

It didn’t take long for Pritam Singh to learn a key lesson about working for Lyft. People are disgusting. They have a nasty habit of throwing up in moving vehicles. 

Rideshare drivers are acutely aware that customers tend to do that, along with slightly less annoying things like wiping hamburger-greasy fingers on armrests and turning floor mats into swamps of slush. Singh, who ferries passengers for Lyft Inc in Manhattan several evenings a week, drops about US$200 (RM858) a month cleaning – really, sometimes it feels like sanitising – his Toyota Camry. 

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