WSJ reports. Long-term, however, Lyft hopes

he self-driving taxi revolution could soon be at hand as Lyft and GM prepare to test driverless cars on public roads. A Lyft executive told the Wall Street Journal that a pilot program will launch within one year in a still-undisclosed city, using GM’s Chevrolet Bolt electric cars. Some details are still being ironed out, but the plan is to let users opt into the program wherever it happens. The self-driving technology will be powered by Cruise Automation, a startup that GM intends to acquire for more than $1 billion. At first, the cars won’t be completely driverless. To make riders and government regulators more comfortable, someone will still sit in the cockpit to make sure nothing goes wrong. Lyft has also developed a companion app that lets riders stop or start the car, and connect to GM OnStar for assistance, the WSJ reports. Long-term, however, Lyft hopes to phase out drivers completely.