Starting in Las Vegas and then to San Francisco.
The company's CEO Aisha Evans highlighted that Las Vegas was chosen for being a city of memorable experiences, the perfect setting to launch a revolution. According to her, Zoox's goal is not only to make a car drive itself, but to create a completely new form of transportation. And with this launch, that option begins to become a reality.
The Zoox robotxi does not have a steering wheel, mirrors, rear-view mirrors or pedals. It was specifically designed to be a shared transportation vehicle, where each seat is designed for the passenger and not for the driver. Therefore, the travel service, which will initially be free, can be requested through the company's application with boarding and drop-off options at iconic points such as Resource World, Area 15 and Top, among other destinations on the famous Street.
This milestone also makes Zoox the first company in history to offer app-based transportation in purpose-built, fully autonomous vehicles. It is the result of more than a decade of research and development where the company was founded in Foster City, California.
The Las Vegas premiere is just the beginning.
Users can now join the waiting list for San Francisco, where Zoox, planning and expanding soon, combining perception, prediction and accident prevention, these vehicles show how technology can transform not only traffic, but also the experience of moving around the city.
When mobility definitively stops depending on the human driver, we will be prepared to entrust our lives to machines that learn, perceive and decide on their own.
