Robotaxi Zoox's Plan to Take On Las Vegas

Zoox, an autonomous ride hailing company owned by Amazon, recently expanded to a new testing route in Las Vegas, on a 5-mile multiple-lane stretch of road, with the robotaxi going at speeds of up to 45mph. Unlike Waymo's retrofitted cars, Zoox vehicles are purpose-built shuttles with no pedals, nor steering wheel. Bloomberg TV's Ed Ludlow took a ride alongside Zoox CTO and co-founder Jesse Levinson.
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[Dimaz]

the durability and crash tests of this robotaxi were pretty cool.. didn't expect it'd pass the tests just from the looks of it 😄

[mikusoxlongius]

Party town people will party in it before it comes to pick you up....
I wonder what "delights" they'll leave behind?
Can you imagine the mess?

[arthuryeates]

A month ago I rode in a Waymo driverless car in LA. Perfect ride for $13.00. Bring to scale, reduce cost and I will never buy another car

[IWill_iTV]

Start looking for jobs Uber and Lyft workers

[minlou]

Not sure about people. Lawsuit could bankrupt the project. Test with packages not people. Drop off packages to people who are home.

[ChoMinsung-nh]

Forgot to mention Motional as another robo taxi competitor in Las Vegas

[trustt]

Do they have one big airbag in the middle? 😂

[Lindy-uupp]

I'm writing a report on accessible transportation and wondering if any of these are wheelchair accessible.

[darbycaneen]

5 mile loop. But yet Tesla Bloomberg shits on Tesla every chance they get. Give me a break

[RM-xrlq]

why are occidental companies perpetually a decade behind in technology compared to the secular and civilized world 😂

[Greenwashere]

Zoox be like trying beat Tesla to the punch. Tesla be like bitch please..

[ankursahu]

Trillion investment of your this industry

[francischiew]

cars like this won't last long couple of years it will be forced to be gone when it can't get the demand & the cash to continue running

[yoji]

i'll never go into a robotaxi after what happened to cruise

[mustbeyalla]

Not mentioning Tesla in the topic of Robotaxi is sad...

[mmartin]

Good for local runs. Not so good for the strip. Too slow for strip (way too cautious) stupid, if it drives nights it will look like a garbage can on wheels with no attendant. Working girls and instagram thrill seekers will use on the strip.
Drug use, sex, rolling urnal, etc on strip. Just hilarious. And will probably charge more.

[JDCothran]

Can these detect non-verbal cues at a 4-way stop? I think not

[danielvandermerwe]

Yea I’ll drive in a Tesla and not this box going 40mph that has no suspension or airbags lol

[JosephNJ]

It'll crash, it's inevitable. The AI isn't "learning, " it's memorizing. The two are not the same. It can't make decisions based on data it hasn't encountered before. But that may not be necessary. It that case, it could just stop.