According to foreign media reports, Zoox, an autonomous driving startup owned by Amazon, has released a fully autonomous electric car. ?The car can carry up to four passengers, has a motor at each end of the car, can travel in both directions, and can reach a top speed of 75 miles per hour. The car is equipped with two battery packs, one under each row of seats, which can last for 16 hours on a single charge.
It is worth noting that this car is equipped with 8 lidars in the corners, placed horizontally and tilted respectively. Unlike other fully autonomous vehicles, these lidars are mounted on protruding brackets, which gives them slightly better visibility and can even see the sides of the vehicle with "zero blind spots" at close range. Very useful when scanning nearby pedestrians and passengers.
According to ZOOX, they plan to launch app-based ride-hailing services in cities such as San Francisco and Las Vegas to commercialize this technology.
Zoox CEO Aicha Evans said in an interview: "This is really about reinventing transportation. Not only do we have the funding we need, but we also have the long-term vision Vision."
In June this year, Amazon acquired Zoox, a six-year-old self-driving startup, for about $1.3 billion, which is also one of Amazon's largest acquisitions in history. Zoox has huge ambitions and plans to cover autonomous driving, vehicle design and manufacturing, taxi services, etc.
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