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Thursday 3 October 2019

Zoox says it will launch a robot taxi service in Las Vegas

Federal Minister of Economics Altmaier in the USA Photo by Andreas Hoenig/picture alliance via Getty Images

Self-driving startup Zoox announced it is testing its fleet of autonomous vehicles in Las Vegas. It’s the second test city for the five-year-old company, which has been testing its self-driving cars exclusively in San Francisco and the surrounding communities.

Zoox, which is based in the Silicon Valley town of Foster City, Calif., will start by testing its vehicles on Las Vegas roads, with the goal of ultimately launching an autonomous taxi service there. The company received permission from the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles for public testing in early 2019.

Driving in diverse environments is seen as a crucial element in preparing autonomous vehicles for wider-scale launch. Zoox says that Las Vegas offers “an opportunity to...

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from TV Aerial Installation Services Warrington https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897526/zoox-self-driving-taxi-robot-las-vegas-2020
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