Zoox · robotaxi
Zoox robotaxi
A symmetrical, bidirectional four-seat electric pod with no steering wheel, designed from scratch for ride-hail. Zoox builds it in-house in California.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2025-09-10
- Fleet
- About 100Reported; details below
- Speed
- 121.0 km/hFaster than 67%
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
First vehicle without manual controls to win a US federal exemption for paid robotaxi service (July 2026).
Real-world use
Free public rides on the Las Vegas Strip from September 2025 and in San Francisco from November 2025; Zoox started charging fares in Las Vegas on 10 August 2026.
Timeline
- First shown
- 2020-12-14
- Released
- 2026-08-10
Maker
ZooxCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Las Vegas (paid, including Harry Reid airport from September 2026), San Francisco (free rides); rollout planned in Austin and Miami
- Driverless since
- 2025-09-10
- Fleet
- About 100 purpose-built robotaxis across four U.S. cities (TechCrunch, September 17, 2026).
- Rides, miles or loads
- more than 350,000 passengers carried (Zoox, March 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other robotaxis that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Zoox robotaxi is faster than 67% of the 3 other robotaxis that publish a speed. Bars show the 3 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Zoox robotaxi gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 4 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every Zoox (Amazon) vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
4 reported deployments.
- Deployed
Zoox · Las Vegas Strip and Harry Reid International Airport · Las Vegas · since 2026-08-10
Zoox runs paid rides in its purpose-built robotaxi in Las Vegas since August 2026, adding Harry Reid International Airport pickups in September 2026. FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth
- Pilot
Zoox · San Francisco
Zoox carries members of its Explorers early-rider programme in San Francisco while the service is still being tested and not fully public. Electrek
- Pilot
Zoox · Austin · since 2026
Zoox began testing its robotaxi with riders in a small part of Austin in 2026, starting with employees, family and friends. WLRN
- Pilot
Zoox · Miami · since 2026
Zoox began testing its robotaxi with riders in a small waterfront area of Miami in 2026, starting with employees, family and friends. WLRN
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Zoox robotaxiZoox (Amazon) |  DiDi Autonomous Driving robotaxi (Shanghai pilot)DiDi Autonomous DrivingSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Apollo Moon (5th-gen robotaxi, ARCFOX version)Baidu Apollo with BAIC ARCFOXSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Pony.ai Lexus RX robotaxiPony.aiSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First shown | 2020-12-14 | 2020-06-27 | 2021-06-17 | 2019 |
| Status | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use | Pilot use |
| Height | — | — | — | — |
| Weight | — | — | — | — |
| Joints | — | — | — | — |
| Speed | 121 km/h | — | — | — |
| Payload | — | — | — | — |
| Battery | — | — | — | — |
| Price | — | — | $75,000 | — |
Sources
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