According to the American media and the British Financial Times, Amazon, an online retailer, has agreed to purchase a $ 1.2 billion U.S. startup, Zoox. This company, founded in 2014 in California, has recently become famous thanks to its developments in the field of unmanned vehicles.
In December 2018, it was Zoox that became the first company that California regulators allowed to participate in the state pilot program for transporting public transport passengers by unmanned taxis. And in January last year, the head of Zoox was former Intel strategic director Aisha Evans.
The deal between Amazon and Zoox is expected to be announced today. Experts suggest that Amazon intends to use Zoox’s unmanned development for its merchandise delivery service. In addition, there are suggestions that with the help of Zoox Amazon can diversify its operations by creating a fleet of unmanned taxis.
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