Amazon's robotaxi unit issues 2nd recall
Zoox vehicle involved in incident in San Fransisco
By: David Shepaerdson
Reuters
WASHINGTON - Amazon's.com self-driving unit Zoox issued a second software update to improve how its vehicles track nearby pedestrians and prevent movement when someone is close, following a crash in San Francisco in May, [2025] the company said May 29. [2025]
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The recall coves 270 vehicles equipped with its self-driving software, Zoox said in a report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on May 29. [2025]
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On May 8, [2025] a person on an electric scooter was turning at low speed at a San Francisco intersection and struck an unoccupied Zoox robetaxi, company said.
..... The rider sustained minor injuries and fell next to the vehicle, which than began to mover and then stopped without making further contact, the company said. The incident prompted Zoox to temporarily suspend on-road operations to conduct a review.
..... Zoox side the update will address its issues involving pedestrians and its self-driving vehicles that are stopped or moving very slowly or about to resume travel. Under certain scenarios, the Zoox vehicle may resume travel without continuing to detect the presence of the nearby person, the company said.
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Zoox paused all driver-less vehicle operations after the incident and then implemented a software update and conducted simulation and testing, it said, adding it resumed operation last week. [05/28/2025]
..... All of the vehicles are owned by the company and are not yet available for sale to the general public.
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Zoox has been testing self-driving vehicles on public roads since 2023 in California and Nevada and last year [2024] expanded testing to Florida and Texas. The test fleet now operates in the Bay Area, including San Francisco, as well as Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, Austin and Miami.
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Earlier in May, [2025] Zoox issued a software recall for 270 driver-less vehicles after an unoccupied robotaxi was involved in an April 8 [2025] crash with a passenger car in Las Vegas.
..... In April, [2025]NHTSA closed a probe into 258 Zoox vehicles over a bring issue after the company issued a recall to update its software.