AUSTIN – Self-driving startup Argo AI on Tuesday mentioned it had launched driverless autos in Miami, Florida and Austin, Texas, however added the autos initially had been used for in-house testing, with industrial functions following at an unspecified time.

Argo, backed by Ford and Volkswagen AG, has examined its robotaxis on public roads in each cities for a number of years, however till at present included security drivers behind the wheel.

The corporate permits ride-hail, supply and logistics corporations to combine its driverless autos into their operations.

An Argo AI spokeswoman mentioned ride-hail service Lyft and grocery large Walmart had been working pilot applications integrating the know-how.

“Our driverless operations are initially targeted on conducting worker rides utilizing our internally-developed journey hailing take a look at app,” the spokeswoman mentioned. “We’ll combine driverless into industrial operations on the acceptable time.”