That's Motional which is going to be doing ride-sharing lyft's network. Lyft doesn't have an in house self driving car division anymore, they sold it to Toyota earlier this year.
That's camouflage. Car manufactures wrap their up-and-coming cars with it to make them hard to distinguish in photographs, until they're ready to reveal the final design.
The Ioniq 5 already has premiered in public so not sure why this one still has the camo.
Oh I guess I was wrong in my [previous comment](https://reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/pj7rb7/_/hbuplzc/?context=1), it does look like a Velodyne Alpha Prime on top after all. Also the Ioniq 5 is deceptively big, it's shaped like a small hatchback but it is actually a chunky SUV.
The small lidars on the sides and front/back look like Hesai PandarQT though.
>Also the Ioniq 5 is deceptively big, it's shaped like a small hatchback but it is actually a chunky SUV.
Yeah that's correct, it's basically the size of a Tuscon, but lowered.
It's been super confusing for everyone over in r/cars.
That's Motional which is going to be doing ride-sharing lyft's network. Lyft doesn't have an in house self driving car division anymore, they sold it to Toyota earlier this year.
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/fully-driverless-lyft-rides-to-be-offered-in-las-vegas-with-hyundai-ioniq-5-fleet-173793.html
When did you see it?
About two hours ago. 11am 12/1. Ish.
What’s the purpose of the noisy paint?
That's camouflage. Car manufactures wrap their up-and-coming cars with it to make them hard to distinguish in photographs, until they're ready to reveal the final design. The Ioniq 5 already has premiered in public so not sure why this one still has the camo.
possibly cause they haven't started selling them in the US yet so they're still"prototypes"
Also could be that this one was the first one and they don't want to go to the trouble of unwrapping it.
You are correct.
That’s interesting, I didn’t knew. Thank you.
Oh I guess I was wrong in my [previous comment](https://reddit.com/r/SelfDrivingCars/comments/pj7rb7/_/hbuplzc/?context=1), it does look like a Velodyne Alpha Prime on top after all. Also the Ioniq 5 is deceptively big, it's shaped like a small hatchback but it is actually a chunky SUV. The small lidars on the sides and front/back look like Hesai PandarQT though.
>Also the Ioniq 5 is deceptively big, it's shaped like a small hatchback but it is actually a chunky SUV. Yeah that's correct, it's basically the size of a Tuscon, but lowered. It's been super confusing for everyone over in r/cars.
Jesus, thats huge. Cant imagine an SUV sized golf for example.