Amazon acquired Zoox in 2020 for $1.3 billion. AP. NHTSA in March 2023 opened a probe into the self-certification by Zoox in 2022 of a robotaxi without traditional driving controls.

LAS VEGAS — Zoox, the robotaxi company acquired by Amazon for more than $1 billion in 2020, says it has achieved a key milestone in the testing and rollout of its autonomous electric vehicle.

Amazon’s Zoox driverless transportation company has started testing its robotaxi on open public roads — with employees on board, for now.. The company said Monday that it conducted an initial ...

Amazon subsidiary Zoox could be Waymo's biggest rival as it opens its first dedicated robotaxi factory in the U.S. Unlike Waymo and Tesla, the Zoox pods are purpose-built vehicles with no steering ...

Amazon isn’t commenting on the reported acquisition, but the deal wouldn’t be a surprise: The Wall Street Journal reported in May that Amazon was in “advanced talks” to buy Zoox.The report ...

Sustainability; Amazon shelled out $1.2B for Zoox, but should stay away from robotaxis Delivery is where it's at, it's got to put the puzzle together ...

The 220,000-square-foot (20,440-square-meters) robotaxi factory announced Wednesday heralds a new phase in Amazon’s push into a technological frontier that began taking shape in 2009, when Waymo was ...

Amazon's Zoox subsidiary has pulled the wraps off its first autonomous vehicle. Billed as a car "built for riders, not drivers," the all-electric box on wheels . Skip to main content.

Amazon bought Zoox for a reported $1.2 billion earlier this year, and Aurora Innovation announced it would acquire Uber's self-driving division, Uber ATG, this month. Recommended video.

The Zoox acquisition isn’t Amazon’s first foray into autonomous vehicles. Early in 2019, it joined other investors in a $530-million stake in Aurora Innovation.

This week Amazon agreed to pay roughly $1.2 billion for Zoox, which is a developer of autonomous vehicles. Keep in mind that the startup had raised $1 billion from venture capitalists. In other ...