Zoox gets the green light to offer paid rides

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The Department of Transportation has approved a request from the driverless vehicle company Zoox to start offering rides to paying customers.

A California-based company owned by Amazon, Zoox has been testing its driverless electric vehicle with free rides. Now, it has approval to commercially deploy up to 5,000 vehicles over the next two years, starting in Las Vegas. Unlike Google’s Waymo, which …

The Department of Transportation has approved a request from the driverless vehicle company Zoox to start offering rides to paying customers.

A California-based company owned by Amazon, Zoox has been testing its driverless electric vehicle with free rides. Now, it has approval to commercially deploy up to 5,000 vehicles over the next two years, starting in Las Vegas. Unlike Google’s Waymo, which …

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