Zoox is funded by Amazon and is built from the ground up to be a robotaxi fleet with a custom car. There is no steering wheel afaik.
replyAnnouncement: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation/zoox-headquarter...
> Zoox is funded by Amazon
replyAmazon owns it, not just funded them.
> There is no steering wheel afaik
Maybe the control is in a remote centre then
It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.
reply> Amazon owns it, not just funded them.
replyYeah that's fair, when I interviewed with them I remember asking that specifically and they were just a lead investor. Crazy how much a year changes things like that.
I was just in Vegas and saw these rolling around, we actually got stuck behind one trying to make a right turn onto LV Boulevard (the strip) and seemed to be far to cautious.
replyWere they to cautious or is the typical driver far too aggressive?
replyhttps://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2025/02/03/2024-disen... says it's about 40% as good as a Waymo if you use disengagement as a metric.
replyThey are the second company to launch robotaxi services in the US.
replyCruise was technically second, for whatever that's worth (apparently not much).
replyDid they actually launch? I thought the incident occurred during testing.
replyI don't think they ever went beyond a closed beta to select individuals.
replyThey did, Cruise had paid rides for the public for a short while.
replyThey had paid rides for the public.
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