[Read: UK to begin shared e-scooter trials next week, way ahead of schedule] Zoox was formed in 2014 and is based in California. The company was started with the goal of creating an autonomous vehicle specifically for the “robotaxi” market. Think of them as potential competitors to the likes of Alphabet’s (formerly Google’s) Waymo, Yandex, and Uber’s self-driving division. What makes Zoox unique though, is that the company is developing its own vehicle too. Most self-driving companies focus on developing software and sensors to retrofit to existing vehicles. At the moment the company has been retrofitting Toyotas, though with plans to unveil its debut vehicle later this year. Think more along the lines of Nuro’s painfully cute driverless delivery robot, and I think we’re getting somewhere.
