{"id":1563310,"date":"2022-07-20T17:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563310"},"modified":"2022-07-20T17:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T21:20:38","slug":"amazon-owned-self-driving-firm-zoox-seeks-to-test-robotaxi-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-owned-self-driving-firm-zoox-seeks-to-test-robotaxi-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon-owned self driving firm Zoox seeks to test robotaxi in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famazon-owned-self-driving-firm-zoox-seeks-to-test-robotaxi-in-california%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1563310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p> (This July 19 story corrects in second paragraph, corrects name to \u201cJesse Levinson\u201d instead of \u201cLevison\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>By Jane Lanhee Lee<\/p>\n<p>FREMONT, Calif (Reuters) \u2013     Zoox, a self-driving technology firm owned by Amazon.com Inc, said on Tuesday it was gearing up to launch its robotaxi business, self-certifying that its vehicle with no pedals or steering wheel meets U.S. federal regulations and applying for a permit in California to test-drive it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really invested the extra time and resources to build a vehicle that doesn\u2019t require exemptions and then that basically lets us control our own destiny and also deploy our vehicles at scale,\u201d Jesse Levinson, Zoox\u2019s co-founder and chief technology officer told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>Zoox\u2019s vehicle, called VH6, has room for four passengers, with two facing each other \u2013 a layout that looks like startup Cruise\u2019s Origin vehicle unveiled in January, 2020. Cruise is controlled by General Motors Co..<\/p>\n<p>The VH6 is produced in Zoox\u2019s \u201cKato\u201d factory in Fremont, California, a city where Tesla also builds its cars.<\/p>\n<p>Levinson said the factory has produced dozens of VH6s and the current location can produce tens of thousands of vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the current economic slowdown has not affected the company and Zoox will increase its employee number to 2,000 this year from 1,400 at the start of the year. Levinson also said for now the company is focused on moving people, rather than packages, which is much more lucrative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can compete with, for example, Uber and Lyft and make money and be very cost competitive even in the early days of this technology,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Generally self-driving tech companies with vehicles without a steering wheel or pedals have applied to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for an \u201cexemption.\u201d Levinson said Zoox chose instead to self-certify according to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, acknowledging this was a higher bar that makes Zoox liable for the safety of the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The NHTSA exemption usually limits the number of vehicles that can be manufactured as well as the period of production.<\/p>\n<p>Cruise applied this year for a NHTSA exemption https:\/\/www.getcruise.com\/news\/seeking-nhtsa-review-of-the-origin. A source close to the company said Cruise viewed that method as more responsible and gives regulators a clearer view into the technology.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Nuro, a self-driving startup backed by SoftBank, said it anticipates its next generation vehicle to \u201ccomply with all applicable federal standards at the time that it is deployed\u201d. Its current R2 vehicle with no pedals, steering wheel and room inside only for packages, were manufactured with an exemption from NHTSA.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting By Jane Lanhee Lee; Editing by David Gregorio)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?attachment_id=2728492\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6J05W-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6J05W-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?attachment_id=2728493\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6J05S-VIEWIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI6J05S-VIEWIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?attachment_id=2728494\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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