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?

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oooyay 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

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 3 days ago | parent [-]

> 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 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.

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_fat_santa 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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bluGill 3 days ago | parent [-]

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

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isatty 3 days ago | parent [-]

Why not both?

	▲	bluGill 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I didn't write an exclusive or...

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sxp 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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.

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adrr 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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

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standardUser 3 days ago | parent [-]

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

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SpaceNoodled 3 days ago | parent [-]

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

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adrr 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

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

	▲	standardUser a day ago \| parent [-]
		They did, Cruise had paid rides for the public for a short while.

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standardUser a day ago | parent | prev [-]

They had paid rides for the public.