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Zoox robotaxi contacts passenger vehicle in Las Vegas, triggers recall

S2 · · Zoox · Las Vegas, NV, USA

Record

CompanyZoox
Categoryav trucking
Typecrash
Date
Time of daynot documented
LocationLas Vegas, NV, USA
SeverityS2 (minor injury or single-unit damage)
Scale270 vehicles recalled
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceZoox (official blog)

What happened

An unoccupied Zoox driverless robotaxi anticipated an approaching car would keep moving forward, slowed and veered right, but the car stopped and yielded instead; despite hard braking the Zoox vehicle made contact. No injuries; minor damage to both vehicles. Zoox traced the cause to a software flaw and issued a voluntary recall covering 270 vehicles.

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