Amazon hopes to deliver 10,000 robotaxis annually with new factory, challenging Waymo
- Amazon-owned Zoox opened a 220,000-square-foot factory in Hayward, California, to produce purpose-built robotaxis and expand its service.
- Zoox’s plan to launch a commercial robotaxi service in Las Vegas later this year follows more than a decade of AI development and vehicle testing.
- The factory currently assembles one robotaxi per day with human and robot workers, aiming to scale up to 10,000 vehicles annually with two shifts.
- CEO Aicha Evans called their vehicles "high-end computers on wheels," emphasizing safety, long service life, and dozens of rides per day to ensure profitability.
- Zoox’s ramped-up production and testing on public roads in multiple cities prepare it to compete with Waymo, which already operates public service in several U.S. markets.
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Zoox opens 1st-of-its-kind robotaxi production facility in Bay Area
Amazon's Zoox says its new Hayward factory is the first-ever purpose-built robotaxi serial production facility in the U.S., and once at full scale, it will have the capacity to assemble more than 10,000 robotaxis a year.
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HAYWARD, Calif. — Amazon plans to make as many as 10,000 robotaxis annually at a sprawling plant near Silicon Valley as it prepares to challenge self-driving cab leader Waymo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk also aims to join the autonomous race.
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