Is Amazon’s robotaxi company trying to sidestep federal safety laws?

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Zoox is planning on deploying its steering wheel-less autonomous vehicles on public roads, but it has yet to request an exemption from federal safety rules.

This week, Zoox cofounder and CTO Jesse Levinson announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 that it would start rolling out its purpose-built autonomous vehicles in San Francisco and Las Vegas in the coming weeks. But little was said about the ongoing investigation into the Amazon-owned company’s claims that its vehicles — which are shaped like giant toasters and lack traditional controls like steering wheels and pedals — comply with federal safety rules.

in 2022. But while Cruise seemed confident it would eventually receive the exemption, the company became bogged down in controversy after a pedestrian was injured by one of its robotaxis in San Francisco. '“The first company to self-certify a purpose-built, fully autonomous, all-electric passenger vehicle”' Zoox’s shuttles are similar to the Origin, designed to travel in either direction, with a cabin featuring passenger seats facing each other.

to enforce its own rules — and the agency has only recently started to show more backbone in how it approaches autonomous vehicle operators.

 

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