Federal organizers Zoox gives an exemption from its specially designed robots

The National Road Traffic Safety Administration Zoox gave an exemption to show robots created on demand on public roads and closed a relevant investigation on whether the Amazon -owned company has led to avoiding federal regulations.

The decision, which was announced on Wednesday, wipes a long discussion about whether the independent vehicles created on request from Zoox were complied with the standards of federal car safety, which put requirements on vehicles such as the wheel and pedals. Zoox argued that he did this and announced in July 2022 that he was created autonomous; NHTSA turned. The agency opened an investigation in March 2023 to consider the matter, specifically the process and data used by Zoox for self -order.

The investigation of the development and testing of its independent car technology has not slowed. In early 2023, Zoox started Specially designed robots testThat does not contain a driving wheel or other traditional controls, on public roads near its incubator city, California headquarters. The company has since expanded the test fingerprint to Las Vegas and San Francisco.

Zoox does not work a commercial service yet. However, in San Francisco, a robota opened for employees and hosted family and friends. Earlier this year, the company launched the Zoox Explorer program, aimed at the first two years, in Las Vegas.

Currently, the exemption allows Zoox to show robotics, not commercially run it.

NHTSA Announcement linked to A new national frameworkThat the agency argues will make it easy for companies to spread independent vehicles without traditional manual driving controls – such as guidance wheels, pedals and sidesware mirrors – widely.

Frame, Known as Av Step (Or advertising vehicle safety program, transparency and evaluation), NHTSA allows lighting and marketing independent vehicles that do not correspond to federal safety standards due to the lack of manual controls.

The revised process includes a quick application that allows companies like Zoox to receive testing and demonstrations, and eventually commercial operations. Zoox spokesperson said in an e -mail that Zoox is working closely with NHTSA in this process, starting with exemption from the illustration and followed by commercial exemption.

As part of the agreement, NHTSA closed its investigation into the self -arrangements of Zoox for AVS. Zoox has agreed to remove or cover all the phrases with which its cars designed for this purpose are for the standards of federal car safety.