Lyft to unleash self-driving cars on Bay Area roads

GM invested $500 million in Lyft, but Kyle Vogt, the CEO of GM subsidiary Cruise Automation has made comments implying the investment was the initiative of some other part of GM, and that Cruise doesn't need no stinking rideshare partnership.

Prior to Uber's PR nightmares, they had announced similar partnerships with Volvo and Daimler, though it's doubtful anything will come of those given what has transpired since.

Google ventures own a substantial stake in Uber, but Waymo has announced a partnership with Lyft. Fiat Chrysler is in the midst of providing 600 pacifica hybrid minivans to Waymo, but FCA also recently announced a partnership with Intel/Mobileye.

Trying to paint a clear picture of who is really allied with who in the world of self driving cars is pretty much impossible right now. It used to be this simple dichotomy between companies that are going to take over the world and companies that are scared shitless, but now everyone lost in the fog of war and mostly just confused.

The scene in China is even more convoluted, though Didi is clearly the eye of the storm.