Zoox

Zoox is an Amazon-owned company developing and testing autonomous robotaxi services for public transportation.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its expansion of services, regulatory requests, and a recent safety incident involving its test fleet.

Latest on Zoox

• Zoox grounds Atlanta test fleet after workers report toxic gas exposure symptoms
• Amazon-owned Zoox’s 100-robotaxi limit in Nevada is about to disappear
• Zoox asked NHTSA for permission and got it. Tesla certified itself, and now has a federal investigation.
• Amazon’s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport
• Amazon's Zoox, Alphabet's Waymo expand robotaxi services to more US cities
• Sprains, pain, and whiplash: Waymo and Zoox test drivers are getting hurt as robotaxis scale
• Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle company Zoox
• there's no shared definition of safety threshold, no independent validation standard, and no way for a regulator to compare one fleet's decision-making against another's
• Both companies are leveraging artificial intelligence technology to develop their self-driving vehicle fleets

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