Magna International, a Canadian developer of car mobility technology, is adding more than 120 Optimus Ride employees to its team.

Optimus Ride is expanding its partnership with Brookfield Properties by providing autonomous vehicles to deliver food to families in need with The Yards, a development in Southeast D.C.

Like many autonomous vehicle companies, Boston-based Optimus Ride paused its autonomous operations at customer sites due to COVID-19. The MIT spin-off is doing its part to observe social distancing and help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. One of the places it paused operations was at Paradise Valley Estates (PVE), a retirement community for…