Why did Amazon just buy autonomous driving start-up Zoox?

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It remains to be seen how Amazon will incorporate the new acquisition, though it could use Zoox software to help manage its rapidly growing fleet of delivery vehicles.

“Like Amazon, Zoox is passionate about innovation and about its customers, and we’re excited to help the talented Zoox team to bring their vision to reality in the years ahead,” Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s CEO of global consumer, said in a statement.

"This acquisition solidifies Zoox's impact on the autonomous driving industry,” said the start-up’s CEO Aicha Evans. “We have made great strides with our purpose-built approach to safe, autonomous mobility, and our exceptionally talented team working every day to realize that vision. We now have an even greater opportunity to realize a fully autonomous future.”

Much has changed since Zoox was founded in July 2014. Back then, it was widely expected that the first autonomous vehicles to market would be passenger cars, perhaps entering production by as early as 2020. So far, the technology has not reached near that level of sophistication. Systems such as the Tesla Autopilot and General Motors Super Cruise are generally limited in terms of the roads they can operate on and require drivers to remain ready to retake control at a moment’s notice.

 

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or they could use my covid19 tracking model

my first purchase, a ton of neodymium magnets frisbees. keep those robots away from me and my community. we work for what we got and will not be relying on robots. thank you, come again.

They could literally use Teams and planner to manage this but they like overpaying for not using Microsoft. Spread the wealth I guess...

Maybe Tesla will lend them their better GPS?

That's racist.

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