Overview
- Access starts for waitlist members in the Zoox Explorer program within SoMa, the Mission and the Design District.
- Rides are requested in the Zoox app using purpose-built, gondola-style vehicles that have no steering wheel or pedals.
- Zoox now runs about 50 robotaxis across San Francisco and Las Vegas after launching a free service on the Strip in September.
- An August NHTSA exemption permits public demonstrations only, and Zoox still needs CPUC approval and an expanded federal waiver to charge fares.
- Backed by Amazon, Zoox is scaling production at a Hayward plant and is eyeing future launches in cities like Austin and Miami as it positions against Waymo.