Amazon subsidiary Zoox has unveiled the final production design of its purpose-built robotaxi, freezing hardware ahead of a manufacturing ramp to 100 vehicles per week in Hayward, California. The redesign, informed by feedback from more than half a million riders, will underpin commercial expansion beyond Las Vegas and San Francisco.
A carriage-style cabin, minus the steering wheel
Unlike competitors like Waymo, Zoox's four-seat cabin has no steering wheel or pedals; passengers face each other in what Zoox calls a "carriage-like" configuration. The production generation shifts to a monochrome aloe-green seating palette paired with stone-grey trim and flooring, aimed at reducing visual noise and making forgotten phones or bags easier to spot on exit.
Externally subtle, mechanically final
Zoox has repositioned and recolored the reflectors so they signal the bidirectional platform's active driving direction. This iteration will become the production version as manufacturing moves to Hayward. The company is coordinating its public launch with NHTSA and continues free trial rides in San Francisco while preparing paid service in Vegas and new deployments in Austin, Miami, Dallas and Phoenix.
Recovery from July recall
The design freeze arrives weeks after Zoox recalled software from more than 100 vehicles following a glitch in heavy smoke. Rival robotaxi operators are similarly hardening for scale: see Moove's $250M raise for autonomous depot infrastructure and Aurora's Charger Logistics driverless freight deal.
Reporting based on coverage from The Robot Report and Zoox.