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Zoox Toyota Highlander test fleet
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PrototypeUnited StatesSupervisedSAE level 4

Zoox · robotaxi

Zoox Toyota Highlander test fleet

Ordinary Toyota Highlander SUVs carrying Zoox's sensors and driving software, used to map and validate new cities before the purpose-built robotaxi arrives.

Price
—service only, not sold
Autonomy
Level 4No driver needed in its area
Driverless
Not yetSafety driver on board
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

A prototype vehicle from Zoox (Amazon).

Real-world use

Retrofitted Highlanders tested Zoox's software in San Francisco and Las Vegas from 2018 and in Austin and Miami from 2024, always with a safety driver.

Timeline

First shown
2018-07
Released
Not yet
Testing in San Francisco and Las Vegas

Maker

ZooxCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Safety driver on board
Where it runs
San Francisco, Las Vegas, Austin, Miami; testing also in Phoenix, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Seattle and other US cities
SAE level
Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area

Public attention

How much public attention Zoox Toyota Highlander test fleet gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

Lineage

Every Zoox (Amazon) vehicle in order.

  1. Zoox Toyota Highlander test fleetZoox Toyota Highlander test fleet2018Prototype
  2. Zoox robotaxiZoox robotaxi2020Commercial

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

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. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureZoox Toyota Highlander test fleetZoox Toyota Highlander test fleetZoox (Amazon)Mobileye Drive robotaxi (NIO-based)Mobileye Drive robotaxi (NIO-based)MobileyeSame job: ride-hail · Both on wheels · Both in development
First shown2018-072021-09
StatusPrototypePrototype
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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Amazon Science How Zoox vehicles find themselves in an ever-changing world Technology Magazine Zoox Expands US Footprint: New Robotaxis in Miami and Austin

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