Amazon’s Zoox opens the first Robotaxi production facility

Amazon’s autonomous Zoox has the first full production facility, expecting to be able to build 10,000 robots per year.

The facility represents the latest step in the development of Zoox outside the development phase. The company is currently testing vehicles In many American citiesAnd Submit horse riding to employees In Las Vegas and San Francisco. The public arrival is expected to start with an early program in 2026.

The 220,000 square feet factory is located in Hayuard, California near its headquarters in Foster. This is the second production facility in Zoox in the Gulf region, adding to the assembly warehouse in the near Fremont.

Zoox says that the new factory will be used for engineering, programs, devices, assembly, storage and testing. The Hayward production facility will assemble the Zoox robots for multiple commercial markets, starting with Las Vegas and then San Francisco. Zoox plans to launch Robotaxi commercial operations in Austin and Miami in the next few years.

The company says that “unique planning for construction and construction” will be able to adapt to different vehicle designs while expanding the Robotaxi collection in the future. The elbow will be turned on with a mixture of human workers and robots. Human workers will deal with the largest part of the work, According to ZooxWhich will be used by robots mentioned in specific tasks, such as an adhesive application to install the glass and the transfer of robotics below the assembly line.