Zoox

Zoox develops purpose-built autonomous robotaxis for ride-hailing. Its electric vehicle has no steering wheel or driver controls, using onboard sensors, mapping and autonomous-driving software to carry passengers through urban routes in cities such as Las Vegas and the Bay Area.

Facts

  • Segment: Automotive
  • Country: United States
  • Founded: 2014
  • Website: https://zoox.com/

About

About Zoox

Zoox develops a purpose-built electric robotaxi and the autonomous-driving system used to operate it. The bidirectional vehicle has no steering wheel or conventional driver controls and is designed around passenger ride-hailing.

Zoox combines onboard sensing, mapping, planning, fleet operations and remote support for urban service. Commercial availability, operating area and fleet scale remain tied to authorised deployments in named cities.

Market context

Zoox is one of the few autonomy companies building a robotaxi around a purpose-built vehicle rather than retrofitting consumer cars.

  • Pony.ai - comparable profile - peer: Autonomous Driving Stack
  • Waymo - comparable profile - peer: Autonomous Driving Stack
  • WeRide - comparable profile - peer: Autonomous Driving Stack

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Supply

  • Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. - Inbound - Power Systems - Panasonic Energy will supply cylindrical 2170 lithium-ion batteries to support Zoox robotaxi fleet deployments from 2026 - source: news.panasonic.com

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Timeline

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Team

  • Aicha Evans - CEO - Leads Zoox's autonomous mobility business and robotaxi deployment strategy.
  • Jesse Levinson - Co-Founder & CTO - Leads technical direction for Zoox's autonomous driving stack and purpose-built robotaxi platform.

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Relations

  • Uber - Distribution Partner - Zoox and Uber partnered to make Zoox robotaxis available through Uber app in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
  • Amazon - Acquired Company - Amazon acquired Zoox to continue operating as a standalone robotaxi business.

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Deployments

  • Service Area Expansion - robotaxi service area expansion - 2026-03-24 - public riders - public robotaxi service - Zoox expanded robotaxi service areas and announced additional test markets. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: zoox.com
  • Active City - San Francisco - 2025-11-18 - public riders - robotaxi ride-hailing - Zoox began welcoming first public riders in San Francisco. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: zoox.com
  • Named Commercial Market - public robotaxi rides launched in Las Vegas - 2025-09-10 - public riders - public robotaxi service - Zoox launched public robotaxi rides in Las Vegas. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: zoox.com

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Operations

  • Facility Count - 1 serial production facility - 2025-06-18 - Hayward robotaxi serial production facility - robotaxi production - Zoox opened its Hayward robotaxi serial production facility. - source posture: Company Disclosed - source: zoox.com

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