Zoox won’t say when its boxy self-driving vehicle will hit public roads, but its cofounder and CTO says “we’re really close.”
Cruise began giving rides to passengers in San Francisco in late June. Like Zoox, it plans to offer rides in its Origin robotaxi vans with inward-facing seats and no steering wheel or pedals, but for now relies on a fleet of electric Chevrolet Bolt hatchbacks. Cruise was also the first company approved by California to operate a fee-paying autonomous ride service without a human backup driver at the wheel. Waymo is also seeking that designation.
Zoox’s current on-road test fleet is made up of Toyota Highlander SUVs loaded up with computers, laser lidar, cameras, radar and other sensors, but it’s begun low-level production of robotaxis at its Fremont facility. While Tesla’s sprawling San Francisco Bay Area plant churns out hundreds of thousands of electric cars annually, Zoox’s factory will be able to produce “tens of thousands” of robotaxis a year.
Zoox Chief Safety Innovation Officer Mark Rosekind, left, and Andy Piper, vice president of vehicle development, explain the company's"horseshoe" airbag system.“We have over a hundred built into our vehicle that are not available in cars that are on the road today,” Rosekind told reporters touring the facility. Those include a u-shaped “horseshoe” airbag that deploys from the roof of the robotaxi to wrap around all passengers in the event of a crash.
The vehicle, which resembles a small-scale subway car, is surprisingly spacious. Despite being a meter shorter than a Toyota Corolla, the lack of a conventional engine and driving controls allows for a roomy cabin.
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