Lyft is hiring ride-hailing drivers to service self-driving cars. It's a chance to 'get skilled up,' one exec says.

Lyft's Flexdrive is hiring ride-hailing drivers to maintain self-driving Waymos at its Nashville depot. Chad Ziemendorf/Lyft Lyft's Flexdrive arm is opening a depot to service Waymo cars in Nashville. About half of the people it has hired for the facility are ex-Lyft drivers. Jobs at the depot include cleaning cars and charging them, Flexdrive CEO John Parks said. Lyft is hiring ride-hailing drivers to do everything but get behind the wheel. Flexdrive, Lyft's car rental arm, plans to open a...