Zoox Is Bringing Its Driverless Test Fleet to Los Angeles
Table of Contents Zoox Is Bringing Its Driverless Test Fleet to Los Angeles Zoox, the self-driving company owned by Amazon, is making its Los Angeles debut. On Tuesday, the company said it's expanding its test fleet to Southern California, meaning riders there will eventually be able to hail a ride in one of its pod-like robotaxis, which don't have a steering wheel, pedals or driver's seat.Los Angeles joins six other locations where Zoox is testing its self-driving technology: the San Francisco Bay Area, Las Vegas, Seattle, Miami and Austin, Texas. In those areas, Zoox's test fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlander hybrids operates with safety drivers behind the wheel. The Highlanders map areas and ensure software is ready for autonomous rides on Zoox's own "purpose-built" robotaxis.Zoox will initially deploy a small number of retrofitted test fleet vehicles in the LA metro area to manually collect data before rolling out autonomous driving there later this summer, the company says."The...