Amazon-owned Zoox driving its autonomous vehicle on public roads in California

  • 📰 WashTimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 38 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 18%
  • Publisher: 63%

Business Business Headlines News

Business Business Latest News,Business Business Headlines

Amazon-owned Zoox has started operating its autonomous vehicle on a mile-long route between two of the company's buildings on a public road in Foster City, California.

The Zoox robotaxi is “capable of transporting up to four people at a time … traveling up to 35 mph and handling left-hand and right-hand turns, bidirectional turns, traffic lights, cyclists, pedestrians, vehicles and other road agents on this route,” Zoox Inc. noted in an announcement.

“Becoming the first company to operate a purpose-built robotaxi with passengers on open public roads in California is a significant milestone in not only Zoox’s journey, but for the autonomous vehicle industry at large,” said Zoox CEO Aicha Evans. “The founding premise of Zoox was that the best way to advance transportation and increase safety on our roadways was to reimagine the full mobility experience. That means going beyond retrofitting today’s passenger vehicles with autonomous technology,” Zoox Chief Technology Officer Jesse Levinson noted.“Getting to be the world’s first passenger in a robotaxi with no manual controls on open public roads, along with Aicha this past Saturday, was one of the highlights of my life,” Mr.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 235. in BUSİNESS

Business Business Latest News, Business Business Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Amazon's Zoox robotaxi drives on public roads in California for the first time | CNN BusinessAmazon's Zoox driverless transportation company has started testing its robotaxi on open public roads — with employees on board, for now. This is not something that I would willingly get into. Looks like a van that takes you to a torture chamber. airtaxi DraganflyInc is next - love the future
Source: cnni - 🏆 326. / 59 Read more »

Amazon's Zoox Robotaxi Has Made Its Way to Public Streets With PassengersThe company says it carried passengers in its self-driving vehicle on public roads in California for the first time over the weekend.
Source: Gizmodo - 🏆 556. / 51 Read more »

Robotaxis from Zoox Hit California StreetsAutonomous driving companies are a dime a dozen. Autonomous driving companies bought by Amazon, on the other hand — well, there's Zoox. It was almost three years ago that Amazon took Zoox in-house. Since then,
Source: cleantechnica - 🏆 565. / 51 Read more »