Amazon Acquires Zoox, Paving the Way for Deliveries by Driverless Vehicles

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Amazon is set to acquire autonomous vehicle developer Zoox for about $1.2 billion, aiding Zoox in its current focus of developing and deploying the self-driving “robotaxi.”

Zoox will remain a standalone business, and will continue to be led by CEO Aicha Evans and co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson. Evans and Levinson said they believe this partnership will allow the company to accelerate the timeline of its mission to create an autonomous driving industry.

“Amazon’s support will markedly accelerate our path to delivering safe, clean and enjoyable transportation to the world,” Levinson said in a statement.

While Zoox will continue to operate independently, Amazon is likely to benefit greatly from acquiring it.

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