WASHINGTON — The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it has opened an investigation into Amazon.com's self-driving Zoox vehicles due to unexpected braking leading to two rear-end collisions that injured motorcyclists.
In March, Zoox said it was expanding its vehicle testing in California and Nevada to include a wider area, higher speeds and nighttime driving, as it competes with Alphabet's Waymo robotaxis. Amazon acquired Zoox in 2020 for $1.3 billion. The investigation will evaluate the Zoox Automated Driving System performance particularly relating to the collisions as well as"the behavior in crosswalks around vulnerable road users, and in other similar rear-end collision scenarios."
Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)
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