Amazon drives into robo-taxi field with deal for Zoox

Washington (AFP) June 26, 2020

Amazon said Friday it was buying the self-driving car tech startup Zoox, in an effort to rev up the drive for autonomous ride-hailing and compete against rivals like former Google car unit Waymo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but a report in The Information said Amazon was paying more than $1 billion for the California startup developing autonomous technology. "Zoox is working to