Amazon Zoox begins the robotaxes testing in Los Angeles

Zoox, Amazon’s autonomous car, has a small fleet of upgraded test vehicles on the streets of Los Angeles from Tuesday – a modest but meaningful step, as the company is on the screen to offer public rods in Las Vegas and San Francisco later this year.

Data collection efforts note the Zoox entrance in its sixth city and laid the foundations for a future Robotaxi service. Unlike the rival Waymo who already provides Paid Robotaxi Rides in LA HeyZoox is still in the early stages. This implementation will send a hand-controlled Toyota Highlanders, equipped with Zoox self-government technology, to collect mapping data before wider autonomous testing in LA this summer.

Currently, Zoox is testing its autonomous vehicles-as Highlander Test Fleet, as well as its designed robotaxis, made without a steering wheel or pedals in several cities. In particular, Zoox expanded areas where his purposeful robotaxes tests on public roads at Foster City, San Francisco and Las Vegas No human driver. Zoox recently allowed employees, media and other verified guests to Try the serviceS

The company also tested in Austin, Miami and Seattle, using Highlanders with human safety operators behind the wheel.

The enlargement in California comes a few weeks after the issuance of Zoox A Voluntary Download Software of 258 vehicles due to problems with its autonomous driving system unexpectedly severe stopping.

Zoox’s entry into Los Angeles follows the launch of Waymo of a fully autonomous Robotaxi commercial service in the city. To date, Waymo is the only AV company in the United States to offer a paid service in several cities, including the Bay, Phoenix and Austin area. The alphabet -owned company aims to launch a commercial service in Atlanta, Miami and Washington, Colombia County over the next two years.

This article has been updated with more information from Zoox.