“Amazon’s self-driving start-up Zoox will scale up production next year, as it accelerates plans for a commercial rollout of its fleet of robotaxis in the US.

The company, which manufactures and operates a bespoke pod-shaped vehicle without a steering wheel, will open a new site in California’s Bay Area to expand its footprint beyond a current small production facility in Fremont, Zoox co-founder Jesse Levinson told the Financial Times.

Zoox will use the facility to increase its fleet significantly having so far deployed about two dozen bespoke test vehicles across six US cities. It plans to launch public rides in Las Vegas this year followed by San Francisco.”

From Financial Times.