[orionsbelt]

I have a good sense of what Waymo and Tesla’s capabilities are, but not Zoox. Can anyone here clue me in on how Zoox compares?

[oooyay]

Zoox is funded by Amazon and is built from the ground up to be a robotaxi fleet with a custom car. There is no steering wheel afaik.

Announcement: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation/zoox-headquarter...

[mandeepj]

> Zoox is funded by Amazon

Amazon owns it, not just funded them.

> There is no steering wheel afaik

Maybe the control is in a remote centre then

[SpaceNoodled]

It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.

[oooyay]

> Amazon owns it, not just funded them.

Yeah that's fair, when I interviewed with them I remember asking that specifically and they were just a lead investor. Crazy how much a year changes things like that.

[_fat_santa]

I was just in Vegas and saw these rolling around, we actually got stuck behind one trying to make a right turn onto LV Boulevard (the strip) and seemed to be far to cautious.

[bluGill]

Were they to cautious or is the typical driver far too aggressive?

[isatty]

Why not both?

[bluGill]

I didn't write an exclusive or...

[sxp]

https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2025/02/03/2024-disen... says it's about 40% as good as a Waymo if you use disengagement as a metric.

[adrr]

They are the second company to launch robotaxi services in the US.

[standardUser]

Cruise was technically second, for whatever that's worth (apparently not much).

[SpaceNoodled]

Did they actually launch? I thought the incident occurred during testing.

[adrr]

I don't think they ever went beyond a closed beta to select individuals.

[standardUser]

They did, Cruise had paid rides for the public for a short while.

[standardUser]

They had paid rides for the public.