Zoox Robotaxi

The Zoox Robotaxi is not a converted car. Amazon's Zoox designed the vehicle around the passenger: 3.63 m long, bidirectional with four-wheel steering so it never has to reverse, carriage-style seating for four adults facing each other, symmetrical doors that open only on the kerb side, and no steering wheel, pedals or driver's seat anywhere in the cabin. A 133 kWh battery supports about 16 hours of operation on a charge and a stated top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h). Sensor pods on all four corners combine cameras, radar and lidar with roughly 270-degree fields of view each, so the overlap keeps objects tracked alongside and behind the vehicle. That design is also the reason Zoox spent years in regulatory limbo: US federal motor vehicle safety standards assume human controls exist. On 30 July 2026 NHTSA granted Zoox the first commercial exemption ever issued for a purpose-built robotaxi — two years, up to 2,500 vehicles, covering eight federal standards including windshield defrosting and light-vehicle braking — and required instant reporting of crashes, software lockups and cases where a vehicle stops and blocks traffic. Paid service in Las Vegas was announced to begin on 10 August 2026. Before that, Zoox ran free public rides in Las Vegas and San Francisco, with Austin, Miami, Atlanta and Los Angeles announced. A redesigned production version was shown on 24 June 2026, and the company's Hayward, California plant is being scaled toward a stated 100 vehicles per week.

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