#regulatory-approvals

#regulatory-approvals

And while robotaxi rival Waymo recently partnered with DoorDash to test food deliveries with driverless cars, Levinson said that Zoox is "laser focused" on moving people around cities, an addressable market he sees as being "just profoundly huge." That directive has come "all the way from the very top" at Amazon, he added, despite the retailer's significant interest in driverless package delivery.

Waymo said it plans on launching commercial robotaxi services in three new cities: San Diego, Las Vegas, and Detroit. The announcement comes after the company said it would begin rapidly scaling to bring its fully driverless technology to more people on a faster timeline. Waymo didn't say exactly when it plans on opening up its vehicles to customers in all three cities, but it will likely be sometime next year.