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Zoox in New York

No NY activity. Amazon's logistics footprint in the region is a plausible beachhead.

NY readiness
52

Has the federal design exemption Cybercab lacks and a multi-modal stack NJ would accept, but is years behind Waymo in scale and has never operated in a dense East Coast city.

Autonomy
L4

Fully driverless; public paid service in Las Vegas

Scale
Not disclosed; NHTSA exemption permits up to 2,500 vehicles / year

Not disclosed (~1M riders lifetime)

Sensors
Lidar + radar + cameras + thermal

Passes NJ A3968's redundant-sensor test as drafted.

Vehicle & service

Vehicles: Zoox purpose-built bidirectional 4-seat robotaxi (no steering wheel or pedals)

How you hail it: Zoox app

Pricing: Launched free; paid service from Aug 10, 2026 (Las Vegas).

Safety record: Operates under the first NHTSA FMVSS exemption for a wheel-less production vehicle.

Footprint

Live today: Las Vegas

Announced / next: San Francisco (public waitlist), Austin (employees), Miami (testing), Los Angeles, Atlanta

The New York question

New York: No NY activity. Amazon's logistics footprint in the region is a plausible beachhead.

New Jersey: None announced.

Has the federal design exemption Cybercab lacks and a multi-modal stack NJ would accept, but is years behind Waymo in scale and has never operated in a dense East Coast city.

Verified 2026-09-09. Official site: zoox.com

What has to change for Zoox to operate in NYC
  1. Albany amends VTL §1226 or passes an AV pilot that includes NYC (see tracker).
  2. NYC DOT issues a testing permit and the TLC creates a license category — S10413 would restrict it to medallion owners.
  3. Labor deal: every live proposal ties approval to driver-transition funding or union sign-off.
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