Overview

• Zoox designated the District as its eighth U.S. test market and its first in the Mid-Atlantic region.
• Initial operations use retrofitted Toyota Highlanders with safety drivers to manually map a geofenced area downtown.
• The company did not disclose fleet size, saying only that a small number of vehicles will start and expand over time.
• Supervised autonomous runs with human operators are planned to begin later this year, following the mapping phase.
• Zoox holds a federal exemption for research demonstrations but still seeks approval for commercial service while expanding activity in cities such as Las Vegas and San Francisco.