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Zoox is testing its custom robotaxis , which are built without a direction bicycle or pedal , on public roads in San Francisco and the Las Vegas Strip .
The rollout of the self-governing vehicle , which Zoox CTO Jesse Levinson first announcedat TechCrunch Disrupt , is a public show of force from the Amazon - backed company . Federal regulation prohibit the use of Av built without human control for commercial-grade operations . society can apply for exemptions , but Zoox has not done so . The society enounce it has self - certified its AVs to be compliant with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ’s safety requirements , a title that the federal agency isactively investigating .
The NHTSA would not provide comment on an active investigation .
Zoox plans to initially only ferry employees around the SoMa neighborhood of SF and on the Strip and surround country of Vegas . In 2025 , Zoox plan to test with early public passenger as part of its “ Zoox Explorer ” program .
This article has been update with additional information from Zoox .
