Zoox, a subsidiary of Amazon, announced that it used for the first time, on a small stretch of public road in California, a bus that it designed to be completely autonomous, without a steering wheel or pedal.
“By announcing the first trip of our autonomous bus for employees, we build on the progress the industry has made over the last year and are one step closer to commercializing an autonomous taxi service for the general public,” said the director. Zoox Overview. , Aicha Evans, in a press release.
last week, the @CA_DMV granted our permission to operate our robotaxi autonomously on public roads. This weekend we hit the road! It was the first time in history that a purpose-built robotaxi, without manual controls, drove autonomously on open public roads https://t.co/EzkpDKOK7G… https://t.co/Th0lHRL5uD pic.twitter.com/8merkrp5VE
-zoox (@zoox) February 13, 2023
The technological advance is limited, as the passengers of the bus will be group employees, transported free of charge, and the bus being authorized by the authorities to circulate on a 1.6 kilometer route, between two buildings of the headquarters located in Foster City, in California , USA.
Other companies, such as Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet, or Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, already use, in limited areas, cars that move without a driver, although they always have the driver’s seat, steering wheel and pedal, just in case. a human needs it, take control.
Source: TSF
