Overview
- Access is limited to select San Francisco neighborhoods for users on a waitlist, using Zoox’s gondola-shaped vehicles built without a steering wheel or pedals.
- Zoox is not charging fares while regulators review its application, a permit Waymo received in August 2023.
- Waymo announced plans to expand to five additional U.S. cities—Miami, Dallas, San Antonio, Houston and Orlando—highlighting intensifying competition.
- Zoox presents the free-ride phase as a way to familiarize riders with autonomous travel and to gather real-world performance data.
- Amazon converted a former bus plant in Hayward, California into a Zoox factory targeting production of up to 10,000 robotaxis per year.