{"id":8965,"date":"2023-02-14T19:37:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/amazon-tests-robotaxis-on-california-roads-with-employees-as-passengers\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T19:37:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T18:37:50","slug":"amazon-tests-robotaxis-on-california-roads-with-employees-as-passengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/amazon-tests-robotaxis-on-california-roads-with-employees-as-passengers\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon tests robotaxis on California roads with employees as passengers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology and bought the self-driving startup Zoox<\/p>\n<p>Amazon is testing a fleet of robotaxis on public roads in California, using employees as passengers, as the tech behemoth moves closer to a commercial service for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>The online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology and bought <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-amazon-com-zoox-exclusive-idUKKBN24A3C8\">the self-driving startup<\/a> Zoox for $1.3bn in 2020. A test conducted on 11 February saw the robotaxis successfully drive between two Zoox buildings a mile apart at its headquarters in Foster City, California. It was part of the launch of a no-cost employee shuttle service that will also help the company refine its technology.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/feb\/14\/amazon-tests-robotaxis-zoox-california\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e836b9d6f077b8922843debfcf6c027eb60dff3e\/0_234_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c2b3b326153dbb5e791b93813949fca7\" title=\"Amazon tests robotaxis on California roads with employees as passengers\" \/>Online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology and bought the self-driving startup Zoox<br \/>\nAmazon is testing a fleet of robotaxis on public roads in California, using employees as passengers, as the tech behemoth moves closer to a commercial service for the general public.<br \/>\nThe online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology and bought the self-driving startup Zoox for $1.3bn in 2020. A test conducted on 11 February saw the robotaxis successfully drive between two Zoox buildings a mile apart at its headquarters in Foster City, California. It was part of the launch of a no-cost employee shuttle service that will also help the company refine its technology. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology and bought the self-driving startup Zoox Amazon is testing a fleet of robotaxis on public roads in California, using employees as passengers, as the tech behemoth moves closer to a commercial service for the general public. The online retailer has been aggressively expanding into self-driving technology &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/14\/amazon-tests-robotaxis-on-california-roads-with-employees-as-passengers\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Amazon tests robotaxis on California roads with employees as passengers<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8965"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}