Q2 Lyftr
We will continue to invest in building the best technology as these investments can generate significant returns today and far into the future. For example, over the last few years, we've been investing in building our own in-house mapping technology, specifically for our transportation network by building maps for Lyft pilot. We are working to be able to recommend better ride to drivers, one that can promote safety, reduce our insurance risk, improve the reliability of the pickup and drop off experienced and better optimize our overall market place. Enhancements like these can bring multiple cents of additional margin to each ride, adding up to millions of dollars each year.
We are testing our own navigation experience in select markets today and have over a million and a half miles under our belt already. As we progress through this year, we'll continue iterating and working to launch the best dedicated navigation experience possible. Our goal is to pass the savings we achieved from initiatives like these to riders. The more value riders received from Lyft, the more likely they are to use Lyft more often, and the more likely we are to attract new riders. Ultimately, to a lot more of our TAM, riders should be able to spend less on transportation overall, but more on the Lyft network. And by establishing ourselves as their trusted transportation network, we believe riders will increasingly turn to Lyft to help them transition to transportation as a service
On the Argos deal, it's the third deal in a string of commercial agreements between less and major automakers and their affiliates, focused on self driving technology. So as you mentioned Motional, we're working to deploy fully autonomous cars in our network starting in 2023. Argo plus Ford is the first time with all three pieces, the cars, the AV software and the network. I think what we're really demonstrating is that the path to commercializing self driving vehicles at scale is through the Lyft network and it goes back to the point we've made about the marketplace technology. We can help drivers be more successful, Lyft to be more successful, riders have more affordable rides, and AV suppliers get a better return on their cars because of all these investments we've made under the hood that are leading to this great quarter. The other part of the Argo Ford deal is that we had an anonymized service and fleet data partnership to help them also make sure they pick the right markets and the right technology to bring to the right routes.