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Amazon’s Zoox Opens Robotaxi Production Site in California

A Zoox autonomous robotaxi in San Francisco in 2024.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

Amazon.com Inc.’s Zoox autonomous driving unit opened a robotaxi production facility in California in the latest move by a deep-pocketed tech company to expand the nascent industry.

The site in the San Francisco Bay area city of Hayward will be able to churn out 10,000 purpose-built robotaxis a year once it reaches full scale, Zoox said in a statement on Wednesday. The company expects the plant will create hundreds of jobs in the region as it grows.