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Amazon's Zoox clears hurdles to charge passengers and expand service

Zoox has won permission to take passenger payments as it expands in San Francisco and Las Vegas, while Amazon also plans a dedicated factory to build purpose-built vehicles.

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Amazon’s autonomous-vehicle unit Zoox has cleared a series of regulatory hurdles, including permission to charge passengers for rides, enabling the company to expand its driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco and Las Vegas.

The move comes alongside Amazon’s plan to line up a new factory to build purpose-built vehicles at scale, a step aimed at turning Zoox from an early-stage effort into a broader commercial operation.

The company’s approach is also described as different from rivals, with Zoox designed from the ground up for self-driving ride-hailing, with no steering wheel or pedals, rather than retrofitting existing vehicles.

Even with the regulatory green light, the material notes Zoox remains early in its commercial journey, positioning it as a much smaller player compared with Alphabet’s Waymo, which is already operating at a larger scale.

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