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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 1y 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-headquarters-car-ride https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation/zoox-headquarter...
- mandeepj 1y 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
  - SpaceNoodled 1y ago
    It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.
  - oooyay 1y 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.
sxp 1y ago
https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2025/02/03/2024-disengagement-reports-from-california/ 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.
_fat_santa 1y ago
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 1y ago
  Were they to cautious or is the typical driver far too aggressive?
  - isatty 1y ago
    Why not both?
    - bluGill 1y ago
      I didn't write an exclusive or...
adrr 1y ago
They are the second company to launch robotaxi services in the US.
- standardUser 1y ago
  Cruise was technically second, for whatever that's worth (apparently not much).
  - SpaceNoodled 1y ago
    Did they actually launch? I thought the incident occurred during testing.
    - adrr 1y ago
      I don't think they ever went beyond a closed beta to select individuals.
      - standardUser 1y ago
        They did, Cruise had paid rides for the public for a short while.
    - standardUser 1y ago
      They had paid rides for the public.

oooyay 1y 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-headquarters-car-ride https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/innovation/zoox-headquarter...

mandeepj 1y 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
- SpaceNoodled 1y ago
  It's a robot. It's driving itself, not being driven by a human.
- oooyay 1y 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.

sxp 1y ago

https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2025/02/03/2024-disengagement-reports-from-california/ 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.

_fat_santa 1y ago

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 1y ago
Were they to cautious or is the typical driver far too aggressive?
- isatty 1y ago
  Why not both?
  - bluGill 1y ago
    I didn't write an exclusive or...

adrr 1y ago

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

standardUser 1y ago
Cruise was technically second, for whatever that's worth (apparently not much).
- SpaceNoodled 1y ago
  Did they actually launch? I thought the incident occurred during testing.
  - adrr 1y ago
    I don't think they ever went beyond a closed beta to select individuals.
    - standardUser 1y ago
      They did, Cruise had paid rides for the public for a short while.
  - standardUser 1y ago
    They had paid rides for the public.