Forget Tesla. Amazon's Zoox Is On Track To Be Waymo's Biggest Robotaxi Rival

A newly-built Zoox robotaxi is inspected at the company's Hayward, California, factory.ZooxRobotaxis are finally here, and the competition is heating up. Waymo has expanded service in multiple U.S. cities. Elon Musk is launching a pilot program in Austin next week, claiming Tesla can overtake the Alphabet Inc. unit in autonomous driving using a much cheaper system. And now, Amazon’s Zoox plans to enter the fray late this year with a custom-designed, van-like model loaded with sensors and cameras that it hop ...