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Amazon's Zoox Launches Free Driverless Taxi Service in SF

11/22/2025

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Amazon's Zoox launched a driverless taxi service in San Francisco.
It offers free rides to users on a waiting list.
Zoox aims to compete with Waymo, which has charged for rides since Phoenix and is expanding to five cities and highways.
Zoox produces gondola-shaped vehicles at a new Hayward, California plant (with capacity up to 10,000 units annually).
California regulators still need to approve Zoox's fare structure.

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Story summary

Amazon's Zoox launched a driverless taxi service in San Francisco.
It offers free rides to users on a waiting list.
Zoox aims to compete with Waymo, which has charged for rides since Phoenix and is expanding to five cities and highways.
Zoox produces gondola-shaped vehicles at a new Hayward, California plant (with capacity up to 10,000 units annually).
California regulators still need to approve Zoox's fare structure.