Amazon-owned Zoox self-driving vehicles facing probe after two rear-end collisions

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday it has opened an investigation into Amazon’s self-driving Zoox vehicles due to unexpected braking — leading to two rear-end collisions that injured motorcyclists.The NHTSA said it had opened its preliminary evaluation after two crashes involving the self-driving technology unit’s vehicles equipped with the Zoox Automated Driving System that resulted in minor injuries to motorcyclists and started a probe into 500 Zoox vehicles with automated driv ...