Deployment
Zoox Robotaxi at San Francisco
Zoox's purpose-built, bidirectional autonomous robotaxi — built from the ground up with no steering wheel or pedals, designed for carriage-style seating. Operates Zoox's free public demonstration rides in San Francisco (SoMa) and Las Vegas (the Strip). Zoox separately runs a fleet of retrofitted Toyota Highlanders (with human safety operators) for testing in additional cities. Maturity: pilot — running free public demo rides, not yet approved/launched as paid commercial service.
Zoox Robotaxi by Zoox · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Operator: Zoox (Amazon). Zoox operates FREE public demonstration robotaxi rides in parts of San Francisco (starting in the SoMa neighborhood, where Zoox has an operations center) using its purpose-built robotaxi. IMPORTANT STATUS: free demonstration service, NOT paid commercial — needs further federal approval; paid commercial planned for 2026. SF is the site of the January 17, 2026 incident in which a Zoox robotaxi struck a suddenly-opened parked-car door, injuring a street ambassador, prompting an SFPD investigation and California DMV review.
Key facts
- Service type
- FREE public demonstration rides (not yet paid commercial)
- Area
- SoMa (Zoox operations center) and parts of SF
- Paid commercial
- Planned 2026 (pending federal approval)
Incidents on record (1)
Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-26
- Model
- Zoox Robotaxi
- Company
- Zoox
- Location
- San Francisco
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2024-11-01
- ID
288044af-7d0f-481c-9d2d-c1a0730eb360
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (2)
- Zoox demo rides starting in SoMa, San Francisco · https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/30/zoox-custom-robotaxis-are-finally-coming-to-san-francisco-and-las-vegas · 2024-10-30
- Zoox provides free public rides in parts of SF and Las Vegas · https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/zoox-issues-software-recall-over-lane-crossings/ · 2025-12-23
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