Source: The Verge
Summary
Federal safety regulators have granted Zoox, an Amazon-owned autonomous vehicle technology company, a temporary exemption to charge customers for rides in its custom-built robotaxi.
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The launch follows a familiar script.
Zoox gets a special pass to sell rides in its robotaxi, which is just a fancy name for a self-driving car.
The company will get to charge customers for the privilege of being test subjects.
This is progress, allegedly.
Because what’s new is not the tech, but the price tag.
Author: Evan Null
