Amazon’s Zoox expands its robotaxi service to Las Vegas airport
Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides.
Zoox is expanding to this critical ride-hailing destination a few weeks after it started charging for robotaxi rides.
An updated permit shows the 100-cap will expire later this month just as competition in Las Vegas heats up.
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The repeated incidents led one worker to file a complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which opened an inquiry and told Zoox to investigate the exposures.
Test drivers for Waymo and Zoox sustained more than two dozen injuries in 2024 and 2025 from hard braking or other sudden movements made by the autonomous vehicles, according to a TechCrunch review of data submitted to OSHA.
The security review is being performed by the Idaho National Laboratory, and the research is being funded by a company — or a group of companies — in the electric and autonomous vehicle industries.
Together, these permits would allow up to 8,000 robotaxis to be deployed over the next 12 months.
After nearly two years of testing in the two cities, the Amazon-owned company says it’s getting closer to offering rides.
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