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by oooyay 288 days ago
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...
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mandeepj 287 days ago
> 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

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SpaceNoodled 287 days ago
It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.
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oooyay 282 days ago
> 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.

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