Lyft says that it will leverage its recent acquisition of taxi company Freenow to speed up deployment of autonomous vehicles, given that platform's established foothold in the UK and Germany. The partnership between Lyft and Baidu,

Chinese tech giant Baidu is looking to expand its autonomous vehicle business globally through deals with Lyft and Uber.

The deal is part of a broader trend among Chinese autonomous-driving companies to bring their services to international markets.